VOA常速英语:恢复墨西哥城政策

One of President Donald Trump’s first actions was to issue a memorandum reinstating what is known as the Mexico City Policy –- a directive meant to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars do not fund international organizations or programs that support abortion.
总统唐纳德·特朗普首先采取的行动之一就是发布一份备忘录恢复所谓的墨西哥城政策——这一指令意味着确保美国纳税人的资金不会用于资助支持堕胎的国际组织或项目。

The Mexico City Policy was first introduced by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 during a UN population conference held in Mexico City.To receive U.S. family planning support, the policy requires foreign non-governmental organizations to certify that they will not perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning.
墨西哥城政策最初由总统罗纳德·里根于1984年在墨西哥城召开的一次联合国人口会议上提出。为了获得美国家庭计划的支持，该政策需要国外非政府组织保证他们不会进行或积极推广堕胎作为家庭计划的一种方法。

The memorandum directs “the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services,to the extent allowable by law, to implement a plan to extend the requirements of the policy to global health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies.”
该备忘录指示 “国务卿与卫生和公众服务部部长合作，在法律许可的范围内，实施一项计划，即将该政策的要求扩大到由所有部门或机构提供的全球健康援助的范围。”

It also directs the Secretary of State to “to take all necessary actions, to the extent permitted by law, to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars do not fund organizations or programs that support or participate in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.”
它还指示国务卿“采取所有必要行动，在法律允许的范围内，确保美国纳税人的资金不会资助那些支持或参与管理强制堕胎项目或非自愿绝育手术的组织或项目。”

Since it was first announced thirty-two years ago,the Mexico City Policy has been reinstated or rescinded by presidential administrations depending on which political party has been in power.
自32年前首次被宣布以来，墨西哥城政策被总统行政机构恢复或废除，这要依赖于哪个政党执政。

President Trump issued the memorandum reinstating the Mexico City policy one day after the January 22 anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe vs Wade decision legalizing abortion in the country.It was published just days after hundreds of thousands of people travelled to Washington to participate in the Women’s March,whose platform favored abortion rights; and days before hundreds of thousands came to Washington to attend the annual pro-life march protesting the legalization of abortion.
总统特朗普发布恢复墨西哥城政策的备忘录是在1月22日美国最高法院的1973年罗伊对韦德案决议的周年纪念日的一天后，该决议使堕胎在美国合法化。该备忘录在成千上万民众前往华盛顿参加妇女游行的数天后被出版，这些民众的立场是支持堕胎权；同样也是在成千上万民众前往华盛顿参加一年一度的抗议堕胎合法化的反堕胎游行的数天前出版的。

At a press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters President Trump has “made it very clear that he is a pro-life president.He wants to stand up for all Americans, including the unborn …The reinstatement of this [Mexico City] policy is not just something that echoes that value, but respects taxpayer funding as well.”
在记者招待会上，白宫新闻秘书肖恩·斯派塞告诉记者们总统特朗普“清楚地表明他是一个反堕胎的总统。他想维护所有美国人，包括尚未出生的美国人…恢复[墨西哥城]政策不仅呼应了这种价值观，也尊重了纳税人的资金。”

Mr. Spicer said spending tax payer funds overseas for the purpose of abortion “is contrary to the values of this president;and I think continue[s] to further illustrate, not just to the folks here in this country, but around the world, what a value we place on life.”
斯派塞先生说出于堕胎目的在海外花费纳税人的资金“违背了特朗普总统的价值观；并且我想继续进一步说明，不仅对美国人民，也对全世界说明，我们对生命持有的价值观。”