{"id":5251,"date":"2017-02-13T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thediplomaticenvoy.com\/?p=5251"},"modified":"2017-02-13T14:07:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T19:07:12","slug":"donald-trump-reinstates-the-mexico-city-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2017\/02\/13\/donald-trump-reinstates-the-mexico-city-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Reinstates the Mexico City Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Vincent Maresca<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Staff Writer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On January 23, President Donald Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, a memorandum first introduced by President Ronald Reagan that prohibits NGOs from promoting abortions overseas. Conservatives in the U.S. and other countries praised the executive order, while opponents commonly criticize it as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2017\/1\/26\/14384260\/global-gag-rule-trump-abortion-womens-health-global-health-world\">\u201cglobal gag rule.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Reagan administration originated the policy in 1984, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pop.org\/content\/mexico-city-policy-short-history\">states<\/a> that in order to receive federal funds, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) cannot \u201cperform nor actively promote abortion as a method of family planning in other nations.\u201d According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn6485-us-abortion-policy-a-healthy-strategy-for-whom-\/\">New Scientist<\/a>, the International Planned Parenthood Foundation lost more than 20% of its funds after not adhering to the policy, while various NGOs from countries such as Colombia and Romania discontinued abortion services and continued to receive US funding.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent administrations have either rescinded or reinstated the Mexico City Policy. Presidents <a href=\"https:\/\/clinton6.nara.gov\/1993\/01\/1993-01-22-aid-family-planning-grants-mexico-city-policy.html\">Clinton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/statement-president-barack-obama-rescinding-mexico-city-policy\">Obama<\/a> rescinded the policy during the first days of their administration, while the Bush and Trump administrations reinstated and expanded it to include family planning programs. According to Trump\u2019s January 23 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2017\/01\/25\/2017-01843\/the-mexico-city-policy\">executive order<\/a>, the policy prohibits US tax dollars from funding organizations that support \u201ccoercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. and foreign clergy members welcomed the most recent reinstatement and its expansion to include family planning programs. According to the pro-life advocacy website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/breaking-trump-signs-order-defunding-international-planned-parenthood-forei\">Life Site News<\/a>, Human Life International President Fr. Shenan Boquet said that he hopes the order will restore \u201cthe credibility of the United States as having a foreign policy that respects innocent life.\u201d Nigerian Bishop Emmanuel Badejo also welcomed the reinstatement of the executive order, stating that it restored \u201chumanity\u201d to U.S. foreign policy and has further legitimized the U.S. as a \u201cleading democratic civilization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2017\/1\/26\/14384260\/global-gag-rule-trump-abortion-womens-health-global-health-world\">VOX<\/a>, critics claim that Trump\u2019s order can also limit financial access to health care for malaria, AIDS\/HIV, tuberculosis, and vaccines. In response to the order, some governments have issued actions to combat its implications. For example, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.government.nl\/latest\/news\/2017\/01\/25\/ploumen-urges-international-fund-for-safe-abortion\">Government of the Netherlands<\/a>, Development Minister Liliane Ploumen announced the formation of an \u201cinternational fund to give women in developing countries access to clear information, contraceptives and abortion\u201d in order to prevent dangerous backroom procedures and higher maternal mortality connected to banning abortion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, a memorandum first introduced by President Ronald Reagan that prohibits NGOs from promoting abortions overseas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3188,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,384],"tags":[698,959,999],"class_list":["post-5251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","category-americas","tag-mexico","tag-trump","tag-mexico-city-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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