Summary
The CDC has ordered its scientists to withdraw or pause pending research papers for review by the Trump administration, which is enforcing a ban on terms like “gender,” “LGBT,” and “pregnant person.”
An internal email revealed that all manuscripts, even those already accepted for publication, must comply.
Reuters confirmed the directive, which follows broader federal efforts to remove references to gender identity from government materials.
Critics warn the policy could hinder scientific integrity, as even demographic terms like “gender” may be censored.
You mentioned the word outcry in your first post. I therefore assume we are not discussing legality but the response of the US public. Which is not as much as you believe it should be.
The explanation is that the American public does not actually care for free speech as a human right that much. Your own dismissal of corporate censorship as not ‘actual’ censorship reinforces my point. It being illegal on it’s own won’t necessarily cause an outcry.
Especially when it’s done to people that the American public has been propagandized to hate for decades. Ivory tower scientists, ‘working’ for the government like a commie instead of working for a corporation, like Tesla.