The other option was to disperse them as previously done...
In a statement shared with NPR, the State Department confirmed that the U.S. will spend $167,000 to destroy the contraceptives at a French facility that handles medical waste.
Several international humanitarian organizations, including MSI, Doctors Without Borders and UNFPA — the United Nations' sexual and reproductive health agency — say they tried to buy the supplies from the U.S. but were rejected.
Never forget the cruelty is the point. This isn't about "saving money".
Honestly, the UN should just confiscate the supplies and disperse them.