"On Tuesday, the attorneys general of New York, Rhode Island, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Vermont, and Washington joined Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield (D) in a lawsuit challenging HHS's "conditioning [of] hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding on states' agreement to discriminate against transgender people," according to a press release from the Oregon Department of Justice."
"On January 20, 2025, his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14168, titled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government." In addition to declaring that the U.S. would only recognize two sexes (male and female) based on the size of an individual's reproductive cells, the order also instructs federal agencies to "assess grant conditions and grantee preferences and ensure grant funds do not promote [so-called] gender ideology" - among many other anti-trans directives."
Twelve states filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for conditioning federal health, education, and research funding on compliance with policies that discriminate against transgender people. The states include New York, Rhode Island, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Vermont, Washington, and Oregon's attorney general Dan Rayfield. HHS updated its Grants Policy Statement to require grant recipients to comply with the administration's interpretation of Title IX as excluding gender identity and to certify compliance with Executive Order 14168. Executive Order 14168 recognizes only two sexes based on reproductive cell size and directs agencies to prevent grant funds from promoting gender ideology.
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