Federal officials agree to restore health websites, data taken down after ban on the word ‘gender’

Federal officials have agreed to restore health- and science-related webpages and data under a lawsuit settlement with doctors groups and other organizations who sued (Source: “Trump administration agrees to restore health websites and data,” Associated Press, Sept. 3).
 
Soon after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, federal health officials deleted or removed information on a range of topics including pregnancy risks, opioid-use disorder and the AIDS epidemic. The move was made in reaction to a Trump executive order that told agencies to stop using the term “gender” in federal policies and documents.
 
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to restore more than 100 websites and resources to the state they were in.
 
“This was trusted health information that vanished in a blink of an eye — resources that, among other things, physicians rely on to manage patients’ health conditions and overall care,” said Dr. John Bramhall, the president of the Washington State Medical Association, the lead plaintiff in the case.