Overview
A January 23, 2017 presidential memorandum reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy regarding foreign nongovernmental organizations and abortion-related activities in global health assistance. The Trump White House archives host the memorandum. It is a presidential policy directive to executive agencies.
Full article
The Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance memorandum reinstated restrictions commonly associated with the Mexico City Policy and expanded their application as described in the archived presidential memorandum of January 23, 2017.
Key points
- Presidential memorandum dated January 23, 2017.
- Hosted on trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov presidential-actions pages.
- Addresses conditions on certain global health assistance funding.
- Policy memoranda can be revised by later administrations.
- Read the archived memorandum for the controlling first-term text.
Official record
Trump White House Archives presidential memorandum page is the linked official source.
Source attribution: View original official record