The Mexico City Policy

Memorandum of January 23, 2017

The Mexico City Policy

Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary
of Health and Human Services[, and] the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International
Development

I hereby revoke the Presidential Memorandum of January
23, 2009, for the Secretary of State and the
Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development (Mexico City Policy and
Assistance for Voluntary Population Planning), and
reinstate the Presidential Memorandum of January 22,
2001, for the Administrator of the United States Agency
for International Development (Restoration of the
Mexico City Policy).

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.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, January 23, 2017.