"A federal judge in Oregon has blocked President Donald Trump's administration from pulling sexual education funding over curricula mentioning diverse gender identities. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken issued the preliminary injunction Monday as part of a lawsuit filed against the Health and Human Services Department by 16 states and the District of Columbia, which argued that pulling such money violated the separation of powers and federal law."
"The administration said in court filings that Health and Human Services has the authority to impose conditions for receiving funding grants. Aiken wrote that the department provides no evidence that it made factual findings or considered the statutory objectives and express requirements, the relevant data, the applicable anti-sex-discrimination statutes and its own regulations. The judge added that the department also fails to show that the new grant conditions are reasonable."
U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Health and Human Services Department from removing sexual education funding over curricula that reference diverse gender identities. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia sued, arguing that rescinding funds would violate separation of powers and federal law and force states to erase categories of students from sexual health curricula. The complaint frames the action as targeting transgender and gender-diverse youth. The administration contended HHS can impose grant conditions. Aiken found no evidence that the department made factual findings or considered statutory objectives, relevant data, anti-discrimination statutes, regulations, or reasonableness of the conditions.
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