The Jan. 28 executive order directs federal regulators to cut insurance coverage for hormonal or surgical treatments that help in young peoples’ gender transitions and cut federal funding for medical professionals or institutions that provide such care.

The order mandates that federally run insurance programs exclude coverage for gender-affirming care for individuals under 19.

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday seeking to limit access to gender transition surgeries for people younger than 19, marking the president’s latest policy move against transgender rights.

The order reinstates a policy from Trump's first term that prohibited trans people from enlisting and barred those already in the military from transitioning.

The president's executive order prohibits federal funds from being spent by institutions providing gender-affirming care to people under 19.

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President Donald Trump directed the federal government not to help with gender transitions for individuals under the age of 19 in an executive order.

Daniel Barlow, executive director of the People’s Health & Wellness Clinic in Barre, which treats patients 18 and older, called the order “a dangerous escalation in the ongoing political attacks on transgender and nonbinary people, and we fear it will deny lifesaving care to Vermonters of all ages.”

The order targets doctors, sanctuary cities protecting trans youth and also hospitals and medical schools teaching about gender-affirming care.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at curtailing gender transitions for people under age 19.