With the re-institution of a comprehensive, pro-life policy that blocks the use of taxpayer dollars to pay for overseas abortions, the United States stands as a beacon of pro-women health policy this International Women's Day.
One of the first official acts of the Trump administration was to re-institute the “Mexico City Policy,” which bars nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from receiving U.S. aid dollars if they conduct abortions or actively promote the procedure as a method of family planning. The policy does have an exception for abortions in cases of rape, incest, or when there is a risk to the mother's life. First implemented by President Ronald Reagan, the policy has been in place under each Republican administration and rescinded by each Democratic administration since. The current administration also expanded the policy, applying it to all groups that receive global health assistance funds from the United States, rather than just groups that receive family planning funds.
