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Memorandum
The Mexico City Policy
Signed January 24, 2025, printed at 90 FR 8753. 151 words.
This brings back a rule on aid abroad. Groups that take part in abortion may not get funds.
What It Says
). I direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to the extent allowable by law, to implement a plan to extend the requirements of the reinstated Memorandum to global health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies. I further direct the Secretary of State to take all necessary actions, to the extent permitted by law, to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars do not fund organizations or programs that support or participate in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
What a Memorandum Is
A memorandum instructs a named department or agency. It works much as an order does, without the number and the sections.
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