CNA Staff, Jul 24, 2020 / 12:00 pm
Pro-life leaders are sounding the alarm against efforts in the House to undermine pro-life protections in federal spending bills.
On Friday, the House passed a "minibus" bill outlining funding of various federal agencies, including the State Department and foreign operations. Pro-life groups, however, have warned that the legislation would undermine the Mexico City Policy, which bars foreign groups that promote or provide abortions from receiving U.S. assistance.
In the legislation, H.R. 7608, the section on global health activities-Sec. 7068-ensures that "none of the funds made available by this Act" for the State Department and foreign operations "shall be made available to implement the Presidential Memorandum on Mexico City Policy dated January 23, 2017."
The Mexico City Policy was first established by the Regan administration and has been rescinded by the Clinton and Obama administrations, while being reinstated by the administrations of George W. Bush and Donald Trump.