The Trump administration’s application of the policy to the vast majority of U.S. money received, but after the Mexico City Policy was in place, they were no longer permitted to do so if they wanted to receive U.S. funds to engage in certain voluntary abortion-related activities as long as they maintained segregated accounts for any U.S. Prior to the policy, foreign NGOs could use non-U.S. funding for abortion internationally, with some exceptions (see below). When first instituted in 1984, the Mexico City Policy marked an expansion of existing legislative restrictions that already prohibited U.S.
funds) to provide information about abortion as a method of family planning and to lobby a foreign government to legalize abortion. Among opponents, it is also known as the “Global Gag Rule,” because among other activities, it prohibits foreign NGOs from using any funds (including non-U.S. 2 Under the Trump administration, the policy was renamed “Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance” (PLGHA). The policy was first announced by the Reagan administration at the 2 nd International Conference on Population, which was held in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 6-14, 1984 (hence its name see Box 1). …he United States will no longer contribute to separate nongovernmental organizations which perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning in other nations.” 1 “he United States does not consider abortion an acceptable element of family planning programs and will no longer contribute to those of which it is a part. Box 1: The Original Language of the Mexico City Policy, 1984 global family planning assistance and, when in place under the Trump administration, most other 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 planning” using funds from any source (including non-U.S.
In rescinding the policy, President Biden required agencies involved in foreign assistance to immediately end the imposition of the policy in future awards, waive the policy’s application in existing awards, and notify recipients as soon as possible that the policy conditions have been waived.development assistance beyond global health and other non-U.S. The Trump administration also moved to further tighten restrictions, reaching other areas of U.S. programs, and potentially encompassed $7.3 billion in FY 2020 alone, to the extent that such funding was ultimately provided to foreign NGOs, directly or indirectly (family planning assistance accounted for approximately $600 million of that total). Under the Trump administration’s expansion, the policy applied to PEPFAR, maternal and child health, malaria, nutrition, and other U.S.President Trump reinstated the policy but also significantly expanded it to encompass the vast majority of U.S. government global family planning funding. Historically, the policy required foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to certify that they would not “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning” using funds from any source (including non-U.S.First announced in 1984 by the Reagan administration, the policy has been rescinded and reinstated by subsequent administrations along party lines and has been in effect for 21 of the past 36 years.On January 28, 2021, President Joe Biden rescinded the Mexico City Policy, marking an end to a four-year period under the Trump administration that saw the greatest expansion of the policy in its history.
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