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Virginia Attorney General sends memo to VCU, UVA following executive order on gender-affirming care
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Virginia Attorney General sends memo to VCU, UVA following executive order on gender-affirming care
by: Marysa Tuttle
Posted: Jan 31, 2025 / 12:22 PM EST
Updated: Jan 31, 2025 / 12:22 PM EST
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a memo to local university health systems on Thursday, providing legal advice following President Donald Trump’s executive order that cuts federal funding for gender-affirming surgery and medication for patients under 19 years old.
On Thursday, Jan. 30, Miyares sent a memo to the University of Virginia (UVA) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) health systems following Trump’s executive order that cuts federal funding for gender-affirming surgery and medication for patients under 19 years old. ... In the memo obtained by 8News, Miyares said that, given the terms of the executive order, the “chemical and surgical mutilation of children must end immediately.”
According to Miyares, the order directs federal agencies to immediately ensure that medical institutions that receive federal research or education grants end gender-affirming surgeries and medications for children. ... Any hospital or other institution, including agencies of the Commonwealth, that continues to provide these services will reportedly be at risk of losing such grants, which could apply to all medical and research grants from federal agencies and not just limited to grants related to these services.
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Virginia Attorney General sends memo to VCU, UVA following executive order on gender-affirming care
by: Marysa Tuttle
Posted: Jan 31, 2025 / 12:22 PM EST
Updated: Jan 31, 2025 / 12:22 PM EST
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a memo to local university health systems on Thursday, providing legal advice following President Donald Trump’s executive order that cuts federal funding for gender-affirming surgery and medication for patients under 19 years old.
On Thursday, Jan. 30, Miyares sent a memo to the University of Virginia (UVA) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) health systems following Trump’s executive order that cuts federal funding for gender-affirming surgery and medication for patients under 19 years old. ... In the memo obtained by 8News, Miyares said that, given the terms of the executive order, the “chemical and surgical mutilation of children must end immediately.”
According to Miyares, the order directs federal agencies to immediately ensure that medical institutions that receive federal research or education grants end gender-affirming surgeries and medications for children. ... Any hospital or other institution, including agencies of the Commonwealth, that continues to provide these services will reportedly be at risk of losing such grants, which could apply to all medical and research grants from federal agencies and not just limited to grants related to these services.
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