Newly restored pages on the websites of government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) now feature a disclaimer rejecting «gender ideology,» as reported by 404 Media. This move allows the agencies to comply with a recent court order to restore missing webpages while also aligning with the Trump administration’s anti-trans executive order that initially led to the deletion of these pages.
The disclaimer, which mirrors language from President Trump’s order, can be found on the FDA’s guidance document regarding the «Study of Sex Differences in the Clinical Evaluation of Medical Products» and a page linking to findings from SAMHSA’s report on «Behavioral Health of Adolescents across Sexual Identities.» However, not all pages within these agencies display the disclaimer, with a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention page on «Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines» notably lacking it.
The contents of the disclaimer, mandated by a court order, are as follows:
«Per a court order, HHS is required to restore this website as of 11:59 PM on February 11, 2025. Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from the immutable biological reality that there are two sexes, male and female. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology and condemns the harms it causes to children, by promoting their chemical and surgical mutilation, and to women, by depriving them of their dignity, safety, well-being, and opportunities. This page does not reflect biological reality, and therefore the Administration and this Department reject it.»
The Office of Personal Management (OPM) directed government agencies in January to «end all agency programs that use taxpayer money to promote or reflect gender ideology,» prompting the removal of certain webpages, according to The Washington Post. Public Citizen, representing Doctors of America, subsequently sued OPM and other agencies over safety concerns, leading to the court order for the websites to be restored to their original state this month.
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