Trump seeks to curtail trans procedures for minors with new executive order

Published January 28, 2025 6:06pm ET



President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at curtailing gender transition procedures for people under the age of 19.

Titled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” the order directs federal agencies to defund and oppose medical interventions Trump called “irreversible and destructive.”

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