CONTACT: J.P. Duffy or Joshua Arnold, (866) FRC-NEWS or (866)-372-6397 WASHINGTON, D.C. Democratic President Joe Biden, among his first official acts, today rescinded the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy (PLGHA), which prevents federal funds from going to foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that perform abortions or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning in other countries. PLGHA, which establishes the principle that overseas abortions should not be funded with U.S. taxpayer dollars, has been embraced by every Republican president since President Ronald Reagan first adopted it in 1984 as the Mexico City Policy, and it has been repudiated by every Democratic president. President Donald Trump twice extended the policy beyond previous administrations, by expanding the scope of the policy to include all global health dollars and funds paid to subcontractors in the prohibition on abortion funding. The Trump policy ensured U.S.
President Joe Biden issued a presidential memorandum today officially rescinding the Mexico City Policy, which prevented U.S. foreign aid from going to global groups that perform abortions.