Federal judge chooses not to extend restraining order, impacting government health websites
Source: Scripps News
Posted 1:53 PM, Feb 25, 2025
A federal judge declined to extend a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration, which required the White House to restore certain websites that contained health data.
According to Tuesday's order by Judge John D. Bates, the administration has agreed to maintain, in its current state, several websites that include health information while the administration conducts a review of the data.
In the days following Bates' temporary restraining order, the Trump administration removed numerous webpages containing health information. On a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage providing "fast facts" on HIV, the Trump administration said it disagreed with the information presented on the site.
"Per a court order, HHS is required to restore this website as of 11:59 PM ET, February 14, 2025," the message read. "Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from the immutable biological reality that there are two sexes: male and female. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology and condemns the harms it causes to children by promoting their chemical and surgical mutilation, and to women by depriving them of their dignity, safety, well-being, and opportunities. This page does not reflect biological reality, and therefore the Administration and this Department rejects it."
Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/president-trumps-first-100-days/federal-judge-chooses-not-to-extend-restraining-order-impacting-government-health-websites
This judge has multiple cases going and is also on the "impeach list".