EMAIL DETAILS

If there was any doubt about President Donald Trump's stance on abortion, he settled it Monday by using an executive order to bar U.S. aid to groups that provide or promote the procedure overseas.

The decision to reinstate the Republican policy known as the "Mexico City policy," or the "global gag rule," was delivered a day after the 44th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion and two days after the Women's March on Washington and similar events across the country drew crowds to rally for reproductive rights, among other issues.

The Mexico City policy has been instituted by every Republican president since Ronald Reagan and rescinded by Democratic presidents. It prohibits NGOs that receive federal funding - including health care providers or organizations - from providing or promoting abortion or from advocating for abortion laws abroad.


Read more: http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=82b88eb2745314d3b6b59bd5d234f4ae136b70f953abacb62c0a7f48e9d0f756
To change your alert settings, please go to http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=82b88eb2745314d3c8603796ab62783261323ce3eb60b5da08f4eabf92031719 or http://click.politicoemail.com/profile_center.aspx?qs=c1c81b2ef644fde1dd3c1f6178ef6a8ea3ee660992025bd487348b33046ac7064803304b0629dcfed1daa2e46f8f2c602a24dd67aa1f3c72
This email was sent to Hbiden@rosemontseneca.com by: POLITICO, LLC 1000 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA, 22209, USA


To unsubscribe,http://www.politico.com/_unsubscribe?e=00000159-cc43-d8e6-a5d9-fd67b4a60000&u=0000014e-f0fe-dd93-ad7f-f8fffbc40000&s=0c48e13934dd84c6e2a7f0190ebd0a9fcee0bee8d3e649209adbeb806eedecd96dacce458ad3640d106e8dbb5dd5c617122e672327227ac5ff2528696b7e9140