Papers discussing ‘gender’ have been restored to government website
Pages and papers from a federal government patient safety website have been restored, as pending litigation pushes back against President Donald Trump’s elimination of any content deemed linked to “diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)” and "gender ideology."
MedPage Today was the first to report that deleted material from the Patient Safety Network (PSNet)—a resource trove for providers and patients alike to stay up-to-date on the latest best practices for care—had been restored. The previously removed documents were purged for containing words such as “transgender,” “gender identity” and “LGBTQ” in response to a policy guidance from Trump that called for an end to any gender-based research and publications by the federal government in favor of emphasizing biological sex.
Multiple groups were quick to sue the administration, believing the move was an overreach of the executive’s authority. Those groups include the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School.
Both groups are representing the primary plaintiffs, Gordon Schiff, MD, and Celeste Royce, MD, two doctors from Harvard Medical School who said physicians rely on resources like PSNet to ensure patient care is delivered safely and effectively.
As it currently stands, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against Trump, ordering all censored DEI material to be restored, unaltered. A full hearing on the issue is still pending, with the administration vowing to take challenges all the way to the Supreme Court.
Not all information was restored
Citing the ACLU, MedPage Today said papers discussing implicit bias as it relates to gender and gender identity have not been put back onto PSNet. Other missing content includes summaries of papers sent to weekly newsletter subscribers, of whom there are roughly 41,000.
The Trump administration has filed to have pending litigation on the matter dismissed.
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