The following article by Emily C. Singer was posted on the Mic website December 19, 2017:
Congressional Democrats are demanding answers after it was reported Friday that the Trump administration banned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using certain words in preparing its budget for the next fiscal year. The banned words include “transgender,” “diversity,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based,” the Washington Postreported.
“We are incredibly concerned by this unconscionable restriction on agency communications and the message this sends regarding the critical health and scientific work of the department,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) wrote in a letter Monday to the acting secretary of Health and Human Services, which oversees the CDC. Continue reading “Democrats demand answers on why Trump administration banned words like “transgender” and “diversity”