The order stipulates restrictions on the provision of assistance or services for gender transition in medical institutions receiving federal funding. The ban specifically includes puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgical procedures.
Trump directed the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to "take all necessary measures to end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children." The term "child" or "children" refers to individuals who have not yet turned 19 years old.
The directive from Trump notes that "the policy of the United States is that they will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called transition of a child from one gender to another, and they will strictly enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these life-altering, destructive procedures."
It also includes the cessation of coverage related to transgender procedures for young people under federal health insurance policies, including benefits from the Department of Defense, federal medical benefits for employees, and postal service medical benefits.
In Trump's order, it states that "countless children will soon regret that they were mutilated" and begin to "realize the terrible tragedy – they 'will never be able to conceive their own children' or breastfeed them."