# More Americans oppose restrictions on gender-affirming care than support them

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## Reading

A majority of Americans (56%) oppose policies that would bar parents from providing gender-affirming care to their transgender child, including 26% who strongly oppose such restrictions, according to an April 2024 Verasight survey.

The remaining 44% favor those restrictions, including 22% who strongly favor them.

## Topline

How do you feel about policies that prohibit parents from providing gender-affirming care to their transgender child?

More Americans oppose restrictions on gender-affirming care than support them.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Oppose policies that prohibit gender-affirming care: 29.4%
- Strongly oppose policies that prohibit gender-affirming care: 26.3%
- Strongly favor policies that prohibit gender-affirming care: 22.4%
- Favor policies that prohibit gender-affirming care: 21.9%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2024-04-10 → 2024-04-15
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: 1
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: module-specific weights: weight_m1 for module 1, weight_m2 for module 2
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-mpsa-2024.tiiny.co#attitudes-towards-gender-affirming-care-policies](https://verasight-mpsa-2024.tiiny.co#attitudes-towards-gender-affirming-care-policies)

## Citation

Verasight MPSA Omnibus Survey #2024-037, fielded April 10-15, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-mpsa-2024.tiiny.co#attitudes-towards-gender-affirming-care-policies](https://verasight-mpsa-2024.tiiny.co#attitudes-towards-gender-affirming-care-policies)