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Americans Increasingly Back Restrictions On Child Sex Change Procedures
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Americans are becoming more and more in favor of restricting child sex change interventions, according to a poll released Monday.
The poll, released by Napolitan News Service and conducted by RMG Research, found that 72% of Americans believe it should be against the law to provide “children under 18 with puberty blockers, drugs, and/or surgery to help them transition from one gender to another,” with just 18% saying the interventions should be legal.
This is a marked increase from just a few months ago; in August, only 62% of Americans supported banning child sex change interventions, and 24% supported their legality, according to the poll.
What’s more, it coincides with heightened attention to and awareness of the child sex change issue and gender ideology more broadly. In October, Do No Harm launched our Stop the Harm database that catalogs child sex change interventions performed by hospitals around the country.
We’ve been working tirelessly to bring attention to the dangers posed by these experimental and unsupported medical procedures, and it looks like the public is increasingly catching on.
States have in turn sought to crack down on child sex change procedures, with 26 states passing laws restricting so-called “gender-affirming care” for children.
The poll also asked respondents if teachers and schools should be required to notify a student’s parents if the student wants to change his or her gender, name, and pronouns. A vast majority said “yes” at 73%, while only 17% said “no.”
The poll surveyed 1,000 registered voters online on November 13 and was conducted by Scott Rasmussen, president of RMG Research. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1%.
