Bishops, other pro-life leaders decry Biden action ending ‘Mexico City policy’
A woman prays outside the Mexico Supreme Court building in Mexico City July 29, 2020, while the court proposed to decriminalize abortion. On Jan. 28, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden rescinded a policy that prevented nongovernmental organizations receiving U.S. funding from promoting abortion overseas. (CNS photo/Henry Romero, Reuters)
By Julie Asher • Catholic News Service • Posted January 28, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and international policy committees said President Joe Biden’s memo rescinding the so-called “Mexico City policy” Jan. 28 is a “grievous” action that “actively promotes the destruction of human lives in developing nations.”
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The president s action means Planned Parenthood and others in the abortion industry will once again participate in the Title X program,” Heritage Foundation researcher Melanie Israel says. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images)
President Joe Biden issued executive actions Thursday to direct U.S. tax dollars to promoting abortion here and abroad, and to expand Obamacare.
The actions not only will mean federal funding for abortions in other countries, but could restore more federal funding to Planned Parenthood.
Biden signed a presidential memorandum rescinding the so-called Mexico City policy, which specifies that federal funds for family planning go only to foreign nongovernmental organizations that agree not to perform or promote abortions as a method of family planning in other countries.
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Women in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, demonstrate in favor of legalizing abortion Jan. 25, 2021, after lawmakers approved a constitutional reform to reinforce a ban on abortion. On Jan. 28, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden rescinded a policy that prevented nongovernmental organizations receiving U.S. funding from promoting abortion overseas. (Credit: Fredy Rodriguez/Reuters via CNS.)
The chairman of the U.S. bishops pro-life and international policy committees said President Joe Biden s memo rescinding the so-called Mexico City policy Jan. 28 is a grievous action that actively promotes the destruction of human lives in developing nations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and international policy committees said President Joe Biden’s memo rescinding the so-called “Mexico City policy” Jan. 28 is a “grievous” action that “actively promotes the destruction of human lives in developing nations.”
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Joe Biden signed a memorandum to reverse Donald Trump s abortion access restrictions (Getty Images)
US President Joe Biden has scrapped the policy that prevents federal funding from being used overseas to support aid organizations that perform, promote or provide counseling on abortion. While signing the presidential memorandum on January 28, he said that it will reverse his âpredecessorâs attack on womenâs health access .
The memo also instructs the Health and Human Services Department to immediately consider rescinding the Trump administration rule, blocking healthcare providers in the federally funded âTitle Xâ domestic family planning program that offer abortion referrals for low-income Americans.
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.