Executive Order 14168: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose
• Sec. 2. Policy and Definitions
• Sec. 3. Recognizing Women Are Biologically Distinct From Men
• Sec. 4. Privacy in Intimate Spaces
• Sec. 5. Protecting Rights
• Sec. 6. Bill Text
• Sec. 7. Agency Implementation and Reporting
• Sec. 8. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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Across the country, ideologues who deny the biological reality of sex have increasingly used legal and other socially coercive means to permit men to self-identify as women and gain access to intimate single-sex spaces and activities designed for women, from women's domestic abuse shelters to women's workplace showers. This is wrong. Efforts to eradicate the biological reality of sex fundamentally attack women by depriving them of their dignity, safety, and well-being. The erasure of sex in language and policy has a corrosive impact not just on women but on the validity of the entire American system. Basing Federal policy on truth is critical to scientific inquiry, public safety, morale, and trust in government itself. […]

Federal Register notes

Rescinds: EO 13988, January 20, 2021; EO 14004, January 25, 2021; EO 14021, March 8, 2021; EO 14075, June 15, 2022 See: EO 14183, January 27, 2025; EO 14185, January 27, 2025; EO 14201, February 5, 2025