TWELVE STATES are suing the Trump administration over its policy to condition billions of dollars in federal health, education, and research grants on whether states comply with President Donald Trump ’s executive order on sex and gender identity.
- The lawsuit claims the Department of Health and Human Services unlawfully applied directives of Executive Order 14168, which seeks to add a national policy recognizing “two sexes, male and female,” to Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination at educational institutions that receive federal funding.
- Under the policy, HHS will require states receiving the federal funding to affirm the Trump administration’s view on ...