Board of Visitors (BOV) adopted a resolution ending transgender-related medical practices for new patients, Republican Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. “Common sense and medical ethics have prevailed.
An agenda for the school’s Board of Visitors said members were set to consult privately with legal counsel Friday on a few issues, including “certain care/procedures performed at the UVA Medical Center ... compliance with the Trump executive order ...
The shelter-in-place alerts began shortly after 9 a.m. on Feb. 25 for UVA and UVA Medical Center. Alerts followed for Lewis Mountain residents around 11 a.m. as police expanded the search. UVA cancelled classes on Tuesday, and Charlottesville City Schools kept students indoors, according to a message sent to parents and staff.
We, the undersigned, write to express our unequivocal opposition to VCU Health, UVA Health and Children’s Hospital of King’s Daughter’s recent decision to suspend and restrict access to lifesaving, evidence-based gender-affirming care for young people and their families across the Commonwealth.
The UVA Board of Visitors has called a special meeting to address the university and medical center’s compliance with orders by Donald Trump.
The Board of Visitors passed a resolution that existing patients under the age of 19 can continue to receive gender-affirming care, but new patients will be referred elsewhere.