Some hospitals pause gender-affirming care to evaluate Trump's executive order

Hospitals in Colorado, Virginia and the nation’s capital say they have paused gender-affirming care for young people as they evaluate President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at cutting federal support for such care. Denver Health in Colorado has stopped providing gender-affirming surgeries for people under age 19. Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., said the hospital had paused prescriptions of puberty blockers and hormone therapy. In Virginia, VCU Health and Children’s Hospital of Richmond have suspended gender-affirming medication and gender-affirming surgical procedures for those under 19 years old.