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Clinton-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Removing Gender Identity From Sex Ed

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A Clinton-appointed judge in Oregon has blocked the Trump administration from revoking sex education grants from states that include gender ideology in the curriculum.

Sixteen Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in September after the department said it would revoke program funding for states refusing to align with President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring the federal recognition of only two genders. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken issued an indefinite preliminary injunction, stating HHS illegally applied new conditions to congressionally approved funds and violated the separation of powers.

HHS said the move was intended to protect “children from attempts to indoctrinate them with delusional ideology.”

“Plaintiff States assert that the real reason behind HHS’s Gender Conditions is to ‘erase’ transgender and gender diverse people from the program materials consistent with ‘this administration’s overtly hostile comments regarding transgender people,'” the order states. “That is, Plaintiff States contend that the real reason behind HHS’s Gender Conditions is to implement the administration’s policy objectives as set out in E.O. 14,168. The Court agrees.”

HHS declined a Daily Caller News Foundation request for comment.

“The judge found HHS’ policy stigmatizes students, exacerbates mental health risks for vulnerable young people, and is not medically accurate,” Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown said in a statement. “An immediate injunction was the only way to make sure the federal government couldn’t get away with such cruelty.”

Sex education programs have frequently been subverted by organizations such as Planned Parenthood to indoctrinate children into believing that biological sex is a “myth” and that abortion is normal and safe.