Overview
- Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott announced the new parameters on Nov. 20, describing certain policies as “destructive ideologies,” with coverage citing his statements rather than a publicly posted directive.
- The annual Country Reports will newly track sex-change procedures for minors, which the department characterizes as “chemical and surgical mutilation of children.”
- The department says it will document laws and actions that curb expression, including arrests or penalties tied to so‑called hate‑speech restrictions.
- Officials will note DEI or affirmative‑action practices deemed racially discriminatory and will report estimated abortion totals as well as government funding or provision of abortifacient drugs.
- Additional categories flagged include facilitation of mass or illegal migration, coercion into euthanasia, violations of religious freedom including antisemitic violence, and medical abuses such as forced testing, organ harvesting, and gene‑editing on embryos.