With new proposals awaiting approval in state governments, transgender issues are again in the news. The Supreme Court recently struck down a California law that said schools were not required to inform parents if their child requested to be affirmed as a different gender than their biological one.

Voters are incredibly clear on this topic.

• If a child requests to change his or her gender, name, and pronouns, 64% say teachers and schools should be required to notify that student's parents. Just 25% disagree.
• If a parent does not allow gender transition surgery or puberty blockers, just 17% of voters say that the state should be allowed to remove the child from their parent's custody, while 72% disagree.
  • Incredible majorities of both Republicans (82%) and Democrats (65%) say taking away the child is not acceptable.
  • However, voters with a postgraduate degree are roughly twice as likely as those without to say the child SHOULD be removed from the parent's care. Nearly a third (31%) hold that view.
• If a parent encourages a child to retain their biological gender, 56% say that is not a form of abuse.
  • Republicans hold this view by a margin of 63% to 24%.
  • Democrats agree by a smaller margin of 49% to 32%.
  • One quarter (25%) disagree.
• However, if a teacher or school encourages students to change their gender identity, 62% believe that is child abuse.
  • Eight in 10 Republicans (82%) call this behavior abuse, along with a heavy plurality (50%) of Democrats.

This data is from two Napolitan News Service surveys, each of 1,000 Registered Voters, conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, April 18-19, 2023 and March 18-19, 2024. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the surveys. Each has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.