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EO: MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Reinstating the Mexico City Policy: U.S. Global Health Funding Reforms
The 2025 memorandum reinstates the Mexico City Policy, prohibiting U.S. funding for organizations performing or promoting abortion abroad. This decision aligns with certain taxpayer values and past administrations' policies but raises concerns about negative impacts on global health programs and access to healthcare for vulnerable populations. The memorandum outlines both the policy's perceived advantages, such as preventing the funding of coercive abortions, and potential disadvantages, including reduced healthcare access and increased administrative burden. The policy's reinstatement is presented as a reversal of the 2021 memorandum, which had rescinded the 2017 version of the Mexico City Policy.
The 2025 memorandum reinstates the Mexico City Policy, prohibiting U.S. funding for organizations performing or promoting abortion abroad. This decision aligns with certain taxpayer values and past administrations' policies but raises concerns about negative impacts on global health programs and access to healthcare for vulnerable populations. The memorandum outlines both the policy's perceived advantages, such as preventing the funding of coercive abortions, and potential disadvantages, including reduced healthcare access and increased administrative burden. The policy's reinstatement is presented as a reversal of the 2021 memorandum, which had rescinded the 2017 version of the Mexico City Policy.
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By C. LegeReinstating the Mexico City Policy: U.S. Global Health Funding Reforms
The 2025 memorandum reinstates the Mexico City Policy, prohibiting U.S. funding for organizations performing or promoting abortion abroad. This decision aligns with certain taxpayer values and past administrations' policies but raises concerns about negative impacts on global health programs and access to healthcare for vulnerable populations. The memorandum outlines both the policy's perceived advantages, such as preventing the funding of coercive abortions, and potential disadvantages, including reduced healthcare access and increased administrative burden. The policy's reinstatement is presented as a reversal of the 2021 memorandum, which had rescinded the 2017 version of the Mexico City Policy.
The 2025 memorandum reinstates the Mexico City Policy, prohibiting U.S. funding for organizations performing or promoting abortion abroad. This decision aligns with certain taxpayer values and past administrations' policies but raises concerns about negative impacts on global health programs and access to healthcare for vulnerable populations. The memorandum outlines both the policy's perceived advantages, such as preventing the funding of coercive abortions, and potential disadvantages, including reduced healthcare access and increased administrative burden. The policy's reinstatement is presented as a reversal of the 2021 memorandum, which had rescinded the 2017 version of the Mexico City Policy.