Plea for an Executive Order: May Trump Reinstate the Mexico City Policy

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Plea for an Executive Order: May Trump Reinstate the Mexico City Policy

Tommy De Seno January 20, 2017 8 COMMENTS

 

USAID is the American government agency that funds the fight against poverty in foreign countries. They work with NGOs (non-government organizations) that have various programs to assist poor people everywhere.

 

President Reagan in 1984 created what’s known as the Mexico City Policy (which is where the policy was announced). Briefly, it informs NGOs in foreign countries as follows: If you receive aid money from USAID, you can’t perform or promote abortions.

 

In his first January in office, President Clinton withdrew the Mexico City Policy. In his first January in office, President George W. Bush reinstated the Mexico City Policy. In his first January in office, President Barack Obama withdrew the Mexico City Policy.