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WASHINGTON, September 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. President George W. Bush issued an executive order Friday expanding the Mexico City policy which banned the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from funding international groups which perform, counsel or lobby for abortion. The order expands the directive to include U.S. monies coming from the U.S. Department of State.  The order will apply to nongovernmental organizations such as International Planned Parenthood Federation but does not include multilateral organizations that are associations of governments, nor to funds allocated to the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-25).  See the White House memorandum on the order:  https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/08/20030829-3.html