Updates on White House Memorandum of January 24, 2025 (Mexico City Policy)

• January 24, 2025: Presidential Action - Reinstatement of Mexico City Policy: President Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy via memorandum, directing implementation across global health assistance and ensuring taxpayer dollars do not fund programs supporting coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. [Source: White House Website, Federal Register].
• January 31, 2025: Federal Register - Public Inspection: The Presidential Memorandum was available for public inspection in the Federal Register. [Source: Federal Register]
• February 3, 2025: Federal Register - Official Publication: The Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (The Mexico City Policy) was officially published in the Federal Register. [Source: Federal Register].
• February 7, 2025: Policy Analysis - Scope of the Mexico City Policy: An article in Health Affairs noted that the 2025 memorandum does not appear to further expand the scope of the Mexico City policy. [Source: Health Affairs].
• Ongoing: Citizen Action and Resistance: Several organizations are providing resources and action plans for citizens who want to resist the expanded Mexico City Policy, focusing on legal challenges, civic action, advocacy, education, and monitoring. [Source: Previous Research Vector Store].