State lawmakers react to VCU Health’s decision to no longer provide gender-affirming care to minors under 19

Gender affirming healthcare for minors is becoming harder to get

Gender affirming healthcare for minors is becoming harder to get, even in states where it's legal. The White House is threatening to cut funding from hospitals that provide it.

VCU Children’s Hospital ends sex-change surgeries, puberty blockers for youth under 19

The Children's Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University has agreed to stop providing body-altering gender surgeries and puberty blockers.

VCU halts gender-affirming care

On Tuesday, Virginia Commonwealth University announced it would stop providing and researching gender-affirming care at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU for anyone under the age of 19. In a post on the hospital’s website, it said the decision was made to stay within federal and state directives and was a result of “a thoughtful and thorough assessment that revealed no other viable options at this time.” VCU staff — part of one of the l…

State lawmakers react to VCU Health’s decision to no longer provide gender-affirming care to minors under 19

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Virginia lawmakers are reacting after the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU announced it would no longer provide gender-affirming care to youth under the age of 19. Democratic Delegate Rodney Willett (D-Henrico), who also serves on VCU Health’s Board of Directors, called the news “devastating.”  Willett added that the system had no choice, with President Donald Trump threatening to take away federal funding from hosp…

VCU Health ends gender-affirming care again, now for all youth patients The Commonwealth Times

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