Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin addresses the crowd during an early voting rally in Petersburg, Va. (Steve Helber)
"Common sense and medical ethics have prevailed," Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., wrote in a post on X.
"I’m grateful to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors for its action today to stop harmful transgender treatments for minors and to transfer existing patients to other providers," Younkin added.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin said that ‘common sense and medical ethics have prevailed’ after the UVA Board of Visitors passed a resolution in compliance with Trump's executive order. (Getty Images)
Trump signed an executive order in January to restrict "chemical and surgical" sex-change procedures for minors and threatened to cut off "federal financial participation in institutions which seek to provide these barbaric medical procedures that should have never been allowed to take place!"
UVA Hospital affiliates currently receive over $100 million in federal funding each year from the National Institute of Health (NIH) and "a loss of such federal funding would jeopardize the financial viability of the University," according to the new resolution.
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The UVA School of Medicine’s funding increased from $155.1 million in 2022 to $174.2 million in 2023, the UVA reported in February, citing the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
Aubrie Spady is a Writer for Fox News Digital.
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