Global gag rule reinstated again

Date: 2017-01-23
Entry type: policy-reversal
Current status: Reinstated again by presidential memorandum on January 24, 2025.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Trump reversed Obama's 2009 rescission in 2017 and then, in 2025, revoked Biden's rescission and reinstated his first-term Mexico City Policy memorandum.

Entities and roles

Donald J. Trumppolicy reinstatement issuer
Mexico City Policyreinstated funding restriction

Claims and evidence

factreversed
Trump's 2017 memorandum revoked President Obama's 2009 memorandum and reinstated the Mexico City Policy; his 2025 memorandum revoked President Biden's 2021 memorandum, reinstated the 2017 policy, and again directed its extension across global health assistance.
- Office of the Federal Register: Presidential Memorandum: The Mexico City PolicyMemorandum of January 23, 2017, 82 FR 8495
- Office of the Federal Register: Presidential Memorandum: The Mexico City PolicyMemorandum of January 24, 2025, 90 FR 8753-8754