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Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Administrator of the United States for International Development

Presidential Action • January 24, 2025 • Document 791
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Summary

President Donald Trump has reinstated the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits U.S. foreign aid from funding organizations that perform or promote abortions, reversing a previous 2021 policy aimed at protecting women's health globally. This move could significantly impact international health organizations and their funding, particularly those involved in reproductive health services, by restricting their ability to participate in or promote abortion-related activities. Politically, this decision underscores the administration's stance on abortion, potentially igniting domestic and international debate over U.S. involvement in global reproductive health issues.

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01/24/25

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 Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2017, for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (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 organizations or programs that support or participate in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.

This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.