Presidential Actions

The Mexico City Policy

SignedJanuary 24, 2025
Memorandum·Donald Trump·Abortion Policy
Why This Matters

This memorandum revokes a previous order that protected women's health and reinstates the Mexico City Policy, which restricts U.S. funding for foreign organizations that provide or promote abortion services. It also directs the Secretary of State to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars do not support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization programs.

The reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy may limit funding for global health organizations that provide comprehensive reproductive health services.
Organizations that provide reproductive health services internationally, particularly those that include abortion services, are most affected by this policy change.
Summary

1. Revokes the 2021 Presidential Memorandum protecting women's health. 2. Reinstates the Mexico City Policy, restricting funding for abortion-related services. 3. Directs the Secretary of State to implement measures ensuring U.S. funds do not support coercive abortion practices.

Who is affected?

Organizations that provide reproductive health services internationally, particularly those that include abortion services, are most affected by this policy change.

What does it revoke?

Presidential Memorandum of January 28, 2021 (Protecting Women's Health at Home and Abroad)

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Memorandum of January 24, 2025

The Mexico City Policy

Memorandum 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

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.

[FR Doc. 2025-02176

Filed 1-31-25; 8:45 am]

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