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

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,

In the memo obtained by 8News, Miyares said that, given the terms of the executive order, the "chemical and surgical mutilation of children must end immediately."

Health and the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU have suspended gender-affirming care for transgender patients under 19 years old in the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order that cuts federal funding for such care.