Two major Virginia hospital systems are suspending gender-affirming care for minors in response to directives from the White House and state officials.

UVA and VCU are cowering in the face of a directive from Attorney General Jason Miyares to stop providing gender-affirming healthcare to trans minors.

VCU and UVA Health — two of the state's largest hospital systems — have stopped providing gender-affirming care to patients under age 19 to comply with President Trump's executive order. Why it matters: They're among the first in the country to do it as hospitals nationwide grapple with the administration's attacks against transgender people,