The Mexico City policy, sometimes referred to by its critics as the global gag rule, [1] is a United States government policy blocking U.S. federal funding for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) providing abortion counseling or referrals, advocated to decriminalize abortion, or expanded abortion services.

The "Mexico City Policy" originated at a 1984 United Nations (U.N.) conference where former Republican President Ronald Reagan first announced these restrictions on U.S. foreign aid, according to ...

1 day ago · The Mexico City Policy was first implemented during the second Reagan administration. The legislation has been rescinded by every Democratic president and reinstated by every Republican president ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Subject: The Mexico City Policy. I hereby revoke the Presidential Memorandum of January 28, 2021, for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Protecting Women's Health at Home and Abroad), and reinstate the ...

5 days ago · On January 24, 2025, President Trump reinstated an expanded version of the so-called “Mexico City policy,” which prevents organizations that receive federal global health funding from ...

Oct 25, 2024 · The Mexico City Policy is a U.S. government policy that – when in effect – has required foreign NGOs to certify that they will not “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family...

6 days ago · The position, sometimes called the Mexico City Policy and referred to by opponents as the "global gag rule," was first introduced more than 40 years ago. Every Republican president has put it in ...

6 days ago · The Mexico City policy takes those restrictions much further: It prohibits organizations that take U.S. global health funding, with limited exceptions, from performing abortions, counseling or ...

On January 28, 2021, President Biden issued a Presidential Memorandum revoking the January 23, 2017, Presidential Memorandum (The Mexico City Policy), thereby rescinding the PLGHA Policy. The PLGHA Policy expanded the previous Mexico City Policy to apply to all global health assistance and required foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs ...

The Mexico City Policy is a U.S. government policy that – when in effect – has required foreign NGOs to certify that they will not “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family...