Transgender care for young patients remains on hold at Virginia hospitals

By: Charlotte Rene Woods

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: October 16, 2026

Words: 724

Last Updated: 1 day, 17 hours ago

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Children’s hospitals in Virginia have kept transgender services for patients younger than 19 on hold for more than a year following President Donald Trump’s January 2025 executive order.

They include the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Norfolk-based Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters and Charlottesville-based UVA Health Children’s Hospital.

Trump’s order said that the U.S. will “not fund, sponsor, promote, assist or support” what he labeled “destructive” procedures.

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