CONGRESS has eliminated the government’s budget for contraceptives, the Health department said Wednesday, despite a law mandating the state provide them to the poor.

Health Secretary Janette Garin confirmed the department’s 2016 budget for contraceptives was scrapped when it passed through Congress.

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