VCU says it has “suspended gender-affirming medication and gender-affirming surgical procedures for those under 19 years old in response to clear guidance from the state.”
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VirginiaAttorneyGeneralJasonMiyareshassentalettertoVirginiaCommonwealthUniversityandtheUniversityofVirginiadirectingthemtostopperformingmedicalcarerelatedtogendertransitionforchildrenunder19yearsold,complyingwithanexecutiveorderfromPresidentDonaldTrump.
VirginiaCommonwealthUniversitysaysithasstoppedtheprocedures.
Miyares’letter,datedThursday,directsthestateuniversitiestoimmediatelyendwhatitterms“chemicalandsurgicalmutilationofchildren,”meaningpubertyblockers,sexhormonesorsurgicalproceduresmeanttoassistapersoninaligningtheirphysicalappearancewithagenderthatisdifferentfromtheirsexassignedatbirth.
“Hospitalsandinstitutionsthatcontinuetomutilatechildrenplacethemselvesatsignificantlegalriskandfacesubstantialfinancialexposure,”Miyareswroteintheletter.“Giventheserisks,myofficewillbecloselymonitoringthisissueandtheacti
