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A CDC page that gives guidance for the treatment of transgender and Gender Diverse persons was restored on Wednesday after a federal judge on Tuesday ordered U.S. health agencies to restore websites that they abruptly took offline. The CDC removed these pages in response to an executive order by President Donald Trump telling them to scrub websites of "gender ideology extremism," Reuters reports.
The temporary restraining order by U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington, D.C. came in response to a Lawsuit by the medical advocacy group Doctors for America. The complaint stated that the sudden removal of websites by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration hampered doctors' and researchers' ability to fight disease.
Bates ordered all websites specifically identified by Doctors for America in its court filings be restored by 11:59 p.m. (0459 GMT) on Tuesday. He ordered the government to consult with the group to identify any other materials that doctors rely on and restore them by February 14.
As of Wednesday morning, the CDC has restored guidance for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases of Transgender and Gender Diverse Persons but other pages related to LGBT healthcare are still down and can only be viewed by searching the CDC archives.
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