WASHINGTON — A health care advocacy group sued several federal agencies Tuesday for removing health information from their websites. 

Doctors for America filed its lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Department of Health and Human Services.

“Removing critical clinical information and datasets from the websites of CDC, FDA and HHS not only puts the health of our patients at risk but also endangers research that improves the health and healthcare of the American public,” Doctors for America Board Member Dr. Reshma Ramachandran said in a statement.

On Friday, following an executive order from President Donald Trump that requires the government to recognize only male and female genders, the CDC removed information about HIV, LGBTQ people, youth health behaviors and other topics. After another executive order directing federal agencies to remove their diversity, equity and inclusion guidance, the FDA took down webpages that included sex- and gender-specific data in clinical trials. 

Filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the Doctors for America complaint alleges that the removal of the webpages and datasets creates dangerous gaps in scientific data needed to monitor and respond to disease outbreaks and stops doctors from being able to access resources that help guide their patients’ care.

Doctors for America is an organization that represents 27,000 doctors and medical students in all 50 states, advocating for health care providers to put their patients over politics. The group is demanding that federal public health agencies reinstate the pages.

The White House did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment about the lawsuit.

In issuing the executive orders on his first day in office, Trump said he is focused on ending “radical and wasteful” DEI programs in federal agencies.