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	"title": "NIH and NSF: Stop cutting critical health research",
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	"description": "Women and gender-expansive people are already extremely underrepresented in scientific studies and struggle to even be believed by their doctors about health problems. We’ve made significant progress in the last few decades but still have a long way to go. Only now, Trump and his MAGA regime want to undo those decades of progress and keep us out of research entirely. You read that right: The Trump administration is working to cut all scientific research focused on women’s health and other crucial health topics, and has instructed government health agencies to block grants that include the word “women,” &quot;DEI,&quot; “trans,” or “female.” You can read the full list here. How did we get here? On President Donald Trump’s first two days in office, he signed three executive orders (EOs) among many others that aimed to roll back all government-funded programs that promote DEI and to withdraw recognition of transgender (and intersex) people. We knew that these EOs’ implications would be significant, but in February, a brave researcher leaked the list of words that the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) are using to decide what grants and projects get cut. Among those words are “women,” “female,” “trans,” “racial,” “diversity,” and &quot;DEI.&quot; That list continues to grow, and most recently (as of April 21, 2025) the NIH announced it plans to pull medical research funding from universities with DEI programs. Both Directors of the NIH and NSF -- Jay Bhattacharya and Sethuraman Panchanathan -- were appointed by Trump and are enabling these unscientific cuts. Even though Trump&#x27;s EOs are currently ALL being challenged in multiple court cases, our health institutions--created to protect the health and well being of every American--have already cut BILLIONS of dollars in funding for women&#x27;s health and other crucial topics under the mandate of these EOs, and plan to pull even more. That&#x27;s billions of dollars towards researching topics like cancer research, uterine fibroids, preventing intimate partner violence (IPV, also known as domestic violence), COVID-19, gender-affirming care, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, birth outcomes, and so much more. Both the NIH and the NSF know that gutting or halting research on women’s and LGBTQ+ health issues would endanger our lives. That’s why we need to show these institutions that we are watching, push them to do the right thing, and hold the line. History will remember the choice they make.",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/nih-and-nsf-stop-cutting-critical-health-research"
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