,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #ag1 
#bjai,mr4 ,lee 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,braun1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,cassidy1    
,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mr4 ,roberts1 ,mr4       
,inhofe1 ,mr4 ,rounds1 ,mrs4            
,hyde-,smith1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,ms4 ,ernst1 
,mr4 ,daines1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,hawley1
 ,mr4 ,mc,connell1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4   
,sasse1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 
,thune1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mrs4           
,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 
,mr4 ,scott of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4   
,moran1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 
and ,mr4 ,enzi7 submitted the following 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate that the ,protecting ,life  
in ,global ,health ,assistance policy   
should be permanently established4      
,whereas section #ajd7;f7 of the        
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #baea;b7f77 7commonly referred

 to as the ,helms amendment7 states that
 no foreign assistance funds may be used
 to pay for the performance of abortion 
as a method of family planning or to    
motivate or coerce any person to        
practice abortions2 ,whereas section    
#eah of the ,foreign ,operations1       
,export ,financing1 and ,related        
,programs ,appropriations ,act1 #bjjf   
7,public ,law #aji-ajb2 #aai ,stat4     
#bbjb7 7commonly referred to as the     
,siljander ,amendment7 states that no   
foreign assistance funds may be used to 
lobby for or against abortion2 ,whereas1
 in #aihd1 ,president ,ronald ,reagan   
established the ,mexico ,city ,policy1  
which prohibits foreign aid for family  
planning purposes from being given to   
foreign nongovernmental organizations   
that perform abortions or actively      
promote abortion as a method of family  
planning1 regardless of the source of   
funding2 ,whereas1 upon assuming office 
on ,january #bj1 #aihi1 ,president      
,george ,h4,w4 ,bush continued to       

enforce the ,mexico ,city ,policy as    
established by ,president ,reagan2      
,whereas the ,mexico ,city ,policy was  
reestablished on ,january #bb1 #bjja1 by
 ,president ,george ,w4 ,bush2 ,whereas1
 on ,january #bc1 #bjji1 ,president     
,barack ,obama rescinded the ,mexico    
,city ,policy2 ,whereas1 on ,january    
#bc1 #bjag1 ,president ,donald ,j4      
,trump reestablished the ,mexico ,city  
,policy and directed the ,secretary of  
,state to apply the policy to all       
,federal global health assistance2 and  
,whereas the ,department of ,state      
modernized the ,mexico ,city ,policy on 
,may #ae1 #bjag1 renamed 8,protecting   
,life in ,global ,health ,assistance10  
to cover all health assistance provided 
abroad by a ,federal agency1 including  
the ,united ,states ,agency for         
,international ,development1 the        
,department of ,state1 and the          
,department of ,defense3 ,now1          
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 
of the ,senate that ,congress should    

expeditiously consider statutory changes
 that permanently codify the ,protecting
 ,life in ,global ,health ,assistance   
policy4