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Presidential Memorandum

The Mexico City Policy

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In simple terms

This memorandum revokes the 2009 Obama-era memorandum that had rescinded the Mexico City Policy, and reinstates the 2001 Bush-era version. It directs the Secretary of State to expand the policy's restrictions to all global health assistance across departments and agencies, and to ensure no U.S. funds support organizations involved in coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization programs.

Federal Register Open PDF 82 FR 8495

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 82 FR 8495

    Federal Register PDF

  3. Revoke Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2009

  4. Reinstate Presidential Memorandum of January 22, 2001

Key directives

  • Revoke Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2009
  • Reinstate Presidential Memorandum of January 22, 2001
  • Implement plan to extend reinstated policy requirements to all global health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies
  • Ensure U.S. taxpayer dollars do not fund organizations or programs supporting or participating in management of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization programs

Who is ordered

Prior policyRollback

  • revokePresidential Memorandum of January 23, 2009
  • reinstatePresidential Memorandum of January 22, 2001

What to expect

Immediate

  • Revocation of 2009 memorandum
  • Reinstatement of 2001 memorandum
  • Policy restrictions take effect on global health assistance

Near term (90d)

  • Implementation plan to extend requirements to all departments/agencies

Long term

  • Ongoing restriction of U.S. funding to organizations supporting or managing abortion-related services
  • Potential restructuring of global health aid delivery

Risks & tensions

  • Expansion beyond traditional scope: extends to 'all departments or agencies' and 'global health assistance' broadly, not just family planning
  • Vague implementation timeline: no explicit deadline for plan completion
  • Potential legal tension: 'to the extent allowable/permitted by law' qualifiers suggest anticipated legal or statutory constraints
  • Reinstates polarized policy that shifts with each administration change
Presidential Memorandum: The Mexico City Policy · Executive Orders