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    President Trump signed an order Friday reinstating a policy that requires foreign nongovernmental agencies to certify that they don't provide or promote abortion if they receive U.S. federal funds for family planning assistance.

    The position, sometimes called the Mexico City Policy and referred to by opponents as the "global gag rule," was first introduced more than 40 years ago. Every Republican president has put it in effect, and every Democrat has rescinded it.

    Eight years ago, the first Trump administration not only brought back the prohibition...

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