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(The Daily Signal<\/a>) The Trump administration has proposed a rule to expand a ban on use of U.S. tax dollars to pay for abortions abroad so that it would include federal contracts and subcontracts that receive U.S. global health assistance.<\/p>\n

Two of the largest federal contracting agencies, the Defense Department and the General Services Administration, were joined by NASA in proposing the rule Monday. It\u2019s listed in the Federal Register<\/a> for public comments for two months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is yet another great example of the Trump administration continuing to fight for the right to life as the most pro-life administration ever,\u201d a Trump administration official told The Daily Signal on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The so-called Mexico City policy first went into place in 1984 during the Reagan administration, and has been rescinded and reinstated ever since depending on which party controls the White House. However, the policy forbidding use of tax dollars for abortions in foreign countries currently affects only federal grants.<\/p>\n

The limitation creates a significant loophole for federal funds to be used indirectly for groups that perform or promote abortion internationally. That\u2019s because 40% of U.S. global health funding has come through federal contracts, according<\/a> to the Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo deserve credit for the change, said Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder President Trump, U.S. taxpayer dollars to all global health assistance was not to be used to support abortion or organizations that lobby to overturn pro-life laws, but under this [new] rule, recipients of global health assistance cannot contract with organizations that adovocate for abortions,\u201d Tobias told The Daily Signal. \u201cI am pleased but I am not surprised, because President Trump and Secretary of State Pompeo have been big defenders of the unborn.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s move marks an unprecedented step, said Connor Semelsberger, legislative assistant for the Washington-based Family Research Council, a traditional values advocacy group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a continuation of President Trump\u2019s pro-life international policy that closes loopholes in global health funding to extend to contracts,\u201d Semelsberger told The Daily Signal in a phone interview.<\/p>\n

The change won\u2019t directly affect companies that contract and subcontract with the federal government, he noted, but \u201cit ensures no foreign groups that U.S. contractors are working with are getting U.S. dollars and are involved in abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the abortion lobby\u2014which has called the Mexico City policy a \u201cglobal gag rule\u201d\u2014condemned the proposed rule.<\/p>\n

NARAL-Pro Choice America tweeted<\/a> that \u201cthe Trump administration published a new proposed rule to extend the #GlobalGagRule to global health contracts\u2014which is how 40% of funding is distributed. During a pandemic, this administration is moving forward with unprecedented expansion of a harmful policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has expanded<\/a> the Mexico City policy from covering about $600 million in family planning assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development to cover \u201cglobal health assistance,\u201d totaling almost $9 billion.<\/p>\n

A review last month<\/a> by the State Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, and USAID determined that the previous expansion of policy had minimal or no effect on health care delivery and foreign assistance.<\/p>\n

The new status report found no disruptions to providing health care abroad, with only eight of the 1,340 prime grantees declining to take federal funding with the conditions attached. The two largest of the eight were the International Planned Parenthood Federation and Marie Stopes International.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was published at the Daily Signal<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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