Trump bans funding for groups that aid abortion overseas, will enforce Hyde Amendment

President Trump signed an order Friday reinstating a policy that requires foreign nongovernmental agencies to certify that they don't provide or promote abortion if they receive U.S. federal funds for family planning assistance.

The position, sometimes called the Mexico City Policy and referred to by opponents as the "global gag rule," was first introduced more than 40 years ago. Every Republican president has put it in effect, and every Democrathas rescinded it.

Eight years ago, the first Trump administration not only brought back the prohibition but also broadened it to include organizations that comply with the rules but give money to others that don't.

Advocates say the policy, coupled with a law that bars U.S. money from paying for abortion around the globe, has a major impact on abortion availability worldwide — and also blocks aid money from flowing to health organizations for other purposes. They say it hurts reproductive and maternal health care in developing nations by cutting funds to groups that offer critical non-abortion related services, including birth control, nutritional support for infants and HIV/AIDS treatment.

Trump also signed an executive order Friday requiring the enforcement of the Hyde Amendment, which restricts government funding for most abortions

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