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Biden’s memorandum reversed the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy, more colloquially referred to as the Mexico City Policy or the “global gag rule.” The policy was first created by the Regan administration in 1984 and has been reenacted by Republicans, like Trump, and repealed by Democrats, like President Biden, since.
The Mexico City Policy banned the use of US government funds for nonprofits that “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning.” A report from the US Government Accountability Office stated that in 2017 alone, various NGOs lost out on around $150m due to this policy. Non-profits from around the world found the impact of the Mexico City policy devastating as it often also impacted efforts to treat tuberculosis as well as HIV and AIDs. It also meant the more individuals had to get illegal, unsafe abortions that threatened their lives and their health.
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On January 20, 2021, the Biden Administration issued a memorandum to all agencies announcing a regulatory freeze. The memorandum applies to a number of rules, including those rules that.
Biden Administration should update antiquated oil and gas leasing and bonding rules
James Jimenez
While the extraction of oil and natural gas in New Mexico is mostly done on public lands, the state has less authority over the process than you might think. And while the industry puts a lot of money into our public schools, it could put a lot more money in if the state made the rules. Unfortunately, because much of the public land where drilling takes place here is actually federal land, we must rely on the federal government to set the rules.
New Mexico produces more oil from federal public lands than any other state, which is why the outdated federal oil and gas leasing program is so harmful to us. It has been roundly criticized by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Interior Department’s Inspector General, and countless external watchdogs for decades for its loopholes, failure to generate a fair return for taxpayers, and for contributing to climate change.