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

The order comes the week after Trump said in his inauguration speech that his government would only recognize two genders, male and female, plugging into an issue at the heart of America's culture wars.

President Trump has signed an executive order limiting gender transition procedures for individuals under 19, including restrictions on puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and surgeries. This order ends federal funding for such procedures and aims to enforce laws against these medical practices.

President Donald Trump directed the federal government not to help with gender transitions for individuals under the age of 19 in an executive order.

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.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to end federal funding for gender-affirming care for minors, which the administration defined as under the age of 19.

The order directs that federally-run insurance programs, including TRICARE and Medicaid, exclude coverage for gender-affirming care for those under 19.