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Jan 23, 2009 · Subject: Mexico City Policy and Assistance. for Voluntary Population Planning. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b (f) (1)), prohibits nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive Federal funds from using those funds "to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning, or to motivate or coerce any person ...
- When Has It Been in Effect?
- How Has It Been Instituted (and Rescinded)?
- Who Did The Policy Apply to?
- To What Assistance Did It Apply?
- What Activities Did It prohibit?
- Did It Restrict Direct U.S. Funding For Abortion Overseas?
- Has The Policy Prohibited Post-Abortion Care?
- What Has Been The Impact of The Policy?
- What Is The Definition of “Financial Support”?
- What Are The Next Steps in Rescinding The Expanded Policy?
The Mexico City Policy has been in effect for 21 of the past 36 years, primarily through executive action, and has been instated, rescinded, and reinstated by presidential administrations along party lines (see Table 1). The policy was first instituted in 1984 (taking effect in 1985) by President Ronald Reagan and continued to be in effect through ...
The Mexico City Policy has, for the most part, been instituted or rescinded through executive branch action (typically via presidential memoranda12). While Congress has the ability to institute the policy through legislation, this has happened only once in the past: a modified version of the policy was briefly applied by Congress during President C...
Historically, when in effect, the policy had applied to foreign NGOs as a condition for receiving U.S. family planning support and, under the Trump administration, most other bilateral global health assistance, either directly (as the main – or prime – recipient of U.S. funding) or indirectly (as a recipient of U.S. funding through an agreement wit...
“Assistance” includes “the provision of funds, commodities, equipment, or other in-kind global health assistance.”22 In the past, foreign NGOs have been required to adhere to the Mexico City Policy – when it was in effect – as a condition of receiving support through certain U.S. international funding streams: family planning assistance through the...
When in effect, the policy prohibited foreign NGOs that receive U.S. family planning assistance and, when expanded as during the Trump administration, most other U.S. bilateral global health assistance from using funds from any source (including non-U.S. funds) to “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning.” In addition to...
U.S. funding for abortion was already restricted and remains restricted under several provisions of the law.36Specifically, before the Mexico City Policy was first announced in 1984, U.S. law already prohibited the use of U.S. aid: 1. to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practi...
The Mexico City Policy does not restrict the provision of post-abortion care, which is a supported activity of U.S. family planning assistance. Whether or not the Mexico City Policy is in effect, recipients of U.S. family planning assistance are allowed to use U.S. and non-U.S. funding to support post-abortion care,39no matter the circumstances of ...
Several studies have looked at the impact of the policy. A 2011 quantitative analysis by Bendavid, et. al, found a strong association between the Mexico City Policy and abortion rates in sub-Saharan Africa.40 This study was recently updated to include several more years of data, again identifying a strong association. Specifically, the updated stud...
The Trump administration also expanded the interpretation of “financial support” to apply to more funding and organizations, albeit indirectly. In February 2018, in the initial six-month review issued when then-Secretary of State Tillerson led the department, the Department of State report included an “action” statement to clarify the definition of...
Since President Biden has rescindedthe policy, agencies involved in foreign assistance, including the Department of State, USAID, HHS, and DoD, are required to “immediately cease” imposing the conditions of the Mexico City Policy in any future assistance awards; therefore, it can be expected that the standard provisions for grants and cooperative a...
It passed by a vote of 53–41. President Bush promised to veto any legislation which would eliminate the Mexico City policy. The policy was rescinded again by President Barack Obama on January 23, 2009, and further reinstated on January 23, 2017 by President Donald Trump.
Jan 23, 2017 · Politics. What is the Mexico City Policy? Updated on: January 23, 2017 / 1:20 PM EST / CBS News. Among the three executive orders President Trump signed Monday was one reinstating the Mexico...
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Statement of President Barack Obama on Rescinding the Mexico City Policy. “It is clear that the provisions of the Mexico City Policy are unnecessarily broad and unwarranted under current law, and for the past eight years, they have undermined efforts to promote safe and effective voluntary family planning in developing countries.
Jan 25, 2017 · On January 23rd, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum reinstating the Mexico City Policy, also referred to as the “Global Gag Rule”: a restriction first introduced by Ronald Reagan that denies federal funding to NGOs that provide abortions, offer abortion counseling, or advocate for abortion rights in other countries.
Statement of President Barack Obama on Rescinding the Mexico City Policy. Document. Statement of President Barack Obama on Rescinding the Mexico City Policy (20.55 KB)
