Health Affairs January 26, 2025
Katie Keith

On January 24, 2025, President Trump issued two new directives on reproductive health care, the first of his second term. First, he reinstated an expanded version of the so-called “Mexico City policy,” which prevents organizations that receive federal global health funding from providing access to abortion-related information and care. Second, he issued a short executive order reaffirming the Hyde Amendment and other restrictions on the use of federal funding for abortion. The same order revoked two of President Biden’s executive orders on reproductive health care that were issued in July 2022 and August 2022 in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The executive order could have significant implications, once implemented by federal agencies.

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