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Reproductive Policy

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Reinstate the Mexico City Policy

Project 2025 recommends reinstating and expanding Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance, commonly called the Mexico City Policy. A January 2025 presidential memorandum reinstated the 2017 policy memorandum.

Project 2025 said

To stop U.S. foreign aid from supporting the global abortion industry, the next conservative Administration should issue an executive order that, at a minimum, reinstates PLGHA and summarily blocks funding to UNFPA but also closes loopholes by applying the policy to all foreign assistance, including humanitarian aid, and improving its enforcement.
Chapter
9 · Agency for International Development
Author
Max Primorac
Department
U.S. Agency for International Development
Printed page
260–261
PDF page
292–293
Last verified
August 16, 2026
Open Project 2025 — Chapter 9, printed page 260PDF viewer page 292

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Government did

Match: Direct Match

The Mexico City Policy

The memorandum reinstated the January 2017 presidential memorandum commonly associated with the Mexico City Policy and directed implementation to the extent permitted by law.

Action type
Presidential Memorandum
Identifier
Presidential Memorandum of January 24, 2025
Current status
Effective
In effect
Yes
Last verified
August 16, 2026

Why this match

The memorandum directly satisfies the minimum Project 2025 recommendation to reinstate Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance.

How this can change

Reversibility: Easier To Reverse

Presidential Rescission

A future President may rescind or replace the memorandum; agencies implement grant and assistance conditions subject to statutes, appropriations, and judicial review.

Authority: Congress · President · Agency · Courts

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