Executive Order 14187

Executive Order 14187
Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation 
TypeExecutive order
PresidentDonald Trump 
SignedJanuary 28, 2025 
Federal Register details
Federal Register
document number
2025-02194 
Publication dateFebruary 3, 2025 
Document citation90 FR 8771 

Executive Order 14187, titled "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation", is an executive order issued by Donald Trump on January 28, 2025. The order acts to prevent gender-affirming care for Americans under 19 years old by withholding federal funding and directing agencies to take a variety of steps to prevent surgeries, hormone therapy, the use of puberty blockers, and other gender-affirming treatments.

In response, some hospitals paused providing gender-affirming care for minors, while others continued. Attorneys general from 15 states said their states are committed to continuing to provide gender-affirming care to minors. Multiple groups filed lawsuits challenging the legality of the executive order. In response to one of the lawsuits, several federal judges issued injunctions blocking the government from withholding federal funds from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to minors. Following the injunctions, some hospitals that initially paused gender-affirming care for minors resumed the care.