{"id":238767,"date":"2021-01-30T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=238767"},"modified":"2023-11-14T20:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T02:24:27","slug":"african-activist-condemns-us-target-nations-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/african-activist-condemns-us-target-nations-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"African social activist condemns US intent to target developing nations with abortion funding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Right to Life UK<\/a>)\u00a0Filmmaker, author, and social activist Obianuju Ekeocha has called out<\/a> the United States for repealing the Mexico City Policy which ensured that federal funding was not spent on abortions outside the United States.<\/p>\n

President Joe Biden will revoke<\/a> the policy put in place by the former US administration, likely resulting in a large increase in funds being made available to global abortion providers that target developing countries including MSI Reproductive Choices and International Planned Parenthood Foundation.<\/p>\n

In a speech to the World Health Organization on Thursday 22nd January, Dr Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to the President, said<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cTo that end, President Biden will be revoking the Mexico City Policy in the coming days, as part of his broader commitment to protect women\u2019s health and advance gender equality at home and around the world\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Mexico City Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mexico City Policy was originally announced by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. It required<\/a> non-governmental organisations to agree, as a condition of receiving federal funding, that they \u201cwould neither perform nor actively promote abortion as a method of family planning in other nations\u201d.<\/p>\n

The policy<\/a>, which essentially forbids federal funding from being used to perform and promote abortion outside of the US, has been a significant point of contention since its beginning, with successive Republican and Democrat Presidents instituting and then rescinding the policy.<\/p>\n

The former administration had reinstituted it after the Obama era and expanded<\/a> it into a policy called Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance.<\/p>\n

Under the new President, federal funding for abortions outside of the US will once again be available<\/a> for global abortion giants such as MSI Reproductive Choices and International Planned Parenthood Federation.<\/p>\n