A federal judge on Wednesday barred the Trump administration from enforcing an anti-transgender executive order against recipients of federal teen pregnancy prevention grant funding.

In January, the 45th and 47th president issued Executive Order 14168 , entitled "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government." Under the terms of the order, Trump directed agencies to "end" the federal funding of, and "ensure grant funds do not promote gender ideology."

A series of four additional executive orders followed in quick succession. Then, in early July, HHS issued a policy notice in an effort to effectuate the controversial fiats into administrative rules. That policy notice formed the basis of the lawsuit filed in late July.

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