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Virginia Attorney General sends memo to VCU, UVA following executive order on gender-affirming care

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.”

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.