[Ironword]

Jes' a minute. Bush had reinstated Reagan's Mexico City policy last year, and this charge does not comport with that. I think that this money is available only to groups who do not use or promote abortion as a method of birth control; thus International Planned Parenthood is out of the cash loop on this.

Can anyone confirm?

[Boxsford]

It could be. When I went to the source, the story doesn't give the text of the bill that was signed or explain much at all. I hope you're right.

[Dane]

The "Mexico City Policy" that Bush is reinstating was introduced by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, when it was known as the "global gag rule," and rescinded by President Clinton in 1993.

It bans financial support for organizations if any of their funding, even if it does not come from the United States, is spent on abortion.

This means organizations that also provide other services, including family planning, education and health facilities, in poor countries will be affected by Bush's action.

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) predicted programs to prevent unplanned pregnancies will suffer the most -- not abortion services that have been ineligible for U.S. funds for decades.

LINK

Looks like the funding has increased for "family planning", but can't be used for abortion per Bush's executive order.