Memorandum
January 22, 2001
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SUBJECT: Restoration of the Mexico City Policy
The Mexico City Policy announced by President Reagan in 1984 required
nongovernmental organizations to agree as a condition of their receipt
of Federal funds that such organizations would neither perform nor
actively promote abortion as a method of family planning in other
nations. This policy was in effect until it was rescinded on January
22, 1993.
It is my conviction that taxpayer funds should not be used to pay for
abortions or advocate or actively promote abortion, either here or
abroad. It is therefore my belief that the Mexico City Policy should be
restored. Accordingly, I hereby rescind the "Memorandum for the Acting
Administrator of the Agency for International Development, Subject: AID
Family Planning Grants/Mexico City Policy," dated January 22, 1993, and
I direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development to reinstate in full all of the requirements of the Mexico
City Policy in effect on January 19, 1993.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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