January 23, 2026
By Jonathan Lambert, NPR
3-Minute Listen, with transcript
For over four decades, Republican presidents have banned U.S. funds from going to groups that provide or promote abortion — and Democratic presidents have reversed the ban.
On Friday at the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C., Vice President JD Vance announced a major expansion of the policy. The Mexico City policy, named for where it was first unveiled, will now also bar funding to groups that promote "gender ideology" and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Continued; https://www.npr.org/2026/01/23/nx-s1-5683204/abortion-trump-mexico-city-policy