The order mandates that federally run insurance programs exclude coverage for gender-affirming care for individuals under 19.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday seeking to limit access to gender transition surgeries for people younger than 19, marking the president’s latest policy move against transgender rights.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at curtailing gender transitions for people under age 19.

The executive order instructs agencies to ensure hospitals and other institutions receiving federal money stop offering gender-affirming care for minors.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to all federal funding or support for healthcare that aids the transition of transgender youth, the latest in a series of actions limiting transgender rights in his first eight days in office.

The directive was another step in the Trump administration’s campaign to root out “woke” ideology from the federal government.

Puberty blockers and hormone treatment for under 19s will be subject to federal restrictions, an executive order says.