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 On Jan. 28, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden rescinded a policy that prevented nongovernmental organizations receiving U.S. funding from promoting abortion overseas.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.”