An Executive Order by President Barack Obama Reverses Bush Order on Abortion Policy

One of the very first executive orders that President Obama may implement may be to reverse a controversial abortion policy ordered by President Bush during his first week in office. Prior to Bush, President Bill Clinton in 1993 reversed the bill that was implement by the elder President George Bush. "The sources said Obama may use the occasion to reverse the "Mexico City policy" reinstated in 2001 by Bush that prohibits U.S. money from funding international family planning groups that promote abortion or provide information, counseling or referrals about abortion services. It bans any organization receiving family planning funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development from offering abortions or abortion counseling." Bush believed that "taxpayer funds should not be used to pay for abortion or actively promote abortion."