U.S. President Donald Trump has revoked the Presidential Memorandum on
Mexico City Policy and Assistance for Voluntary Population Planning,
which allowed voluntary abortion in U.S.
Trump, who made anti-abortion policy one of his campaign promises,
announced the revocation on Monday, according to a statement issued by
the White House.
“I hereby revoke the Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2009, for
the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency
for International Development (Mexico City Policy and Assistance for
Voluntary Population Planning), and reinstate the Presidential
Memorandum of January 22, 2001, for the Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development (Restoration of the Mexico
City Policy).
“I direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, to the extent allowable by law, to implement a
plan to extend the requirements of the reinstated Memorandum to global
health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies.
the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency
for International Development (Mexico City Policy and Assistance for
Voluntary Population Planning), and reinstate the Presidential
Memorandum of January 22, 2001, for the Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development (Restoration of the Mexico
City Policy).
“I direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, to the extent allowable by law, to implement a
plan to extend the requirements of the reinstated Memorandum to global
health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies.
“I further direct the Secretary of State to take all necessary actions,
to the extent permitted by law, to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars do
not fund organisations or programmes that support or participate in the
management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary
sterilisation.”
With the revocation, Trump has barred U.S funding for all foreign NGOs that support abortion.
