Trump Admin Threatens to Defund Sex Ed Programs in 46 States, Territories over Inclusion of Gender Ideology

Trump Admin Threatens to Defund Sex Ed Programs in 46 States, Territories over Inclusion of Gender Ideology


The Trump administration is demanding that dozens of states and territories remove gender ideology from sex education programs or risk losing millions in federal funding.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announced Tuesday that 46 states, U.S. territories, and Washington, DC, are “on notice” to strip “all references to gender ideology” from their Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) in 60 days. The student programs are aimed at preventing teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. 

“Accountability is coming,” Acting Assistant Secretary Andrew Gradison said in a statement. “Federal funds will not be used to poison the minds of the next generation or advance dangerous ideological agendas. The Trump Administration will ensure that PREP reflects the intent of Congress, not

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