Biden's planned actions on reproductive health care, explained
In his second week in office, President Joe Biden plans to make it easier for providers around the world to offer the full range of reproductive health care.
On January 28, he is reportedly slated to repeal the policy sometimes known as the “global gag rule,” which bans groups abroad that receive US aid from performing or even discussing abortion. Also called the Mexico City policy, it was first enacted by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. It then became something of a political light switch, turned off by every Democratic president and on by every Republican.
President Trump, however, expanded the policy — while previous Republican administrations had barred family planning organizations abroad that receive US aid from discussing abortion, Trump made the policy apply to any health organization that receives US money. It was part of a broader push by Trump to restrict access to abortion, one of his administration’s central policy priorities and one that ended up impacting every aspect of reproductive health care in the US and around the world.
Biden has promised to reverse that legacy and expand access to reproductive care. And repealing the global gag rule is likely just the first step. On Thursday, the president will also order a review of the Trump administration’s restrictions to the Title X family planning program, according to the Hill. These restrictions have been called a “domestic gag rule” because they bar recipients of Title X funds in the US from performing or referring for abortion — a ban that Biden, as a candidate, pledged to reverse.
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