Rasmussen Poll: Most Favor Law Banning Sex-Change Surgery for Minors

Fifty-eight percent of likely voters say they approve of legislation making it illegal to perform sex-change surgery on minors, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll.

Here are how the results, released Thursday, break down:

• 34% say they disapprove.
• 8% were uncertain.
• 72% of Republicans approve of legislation making it illegal to perform sex-change surgery on minors, compared to 24% who say they disapprove.
• 45% of Democrats say they approve, while 45% say they disapprove.
• 61% of independents say they approve, compared to 30% who say they disapprove.
• 52% of all those polled say they approve of states passing legislation making it illegal to give hormone replacement therapy to minors.
• 37% say they disapprove.
• 10% were not sure.

The poll, conducted Feb. 8-9 and 12, sampled 900 likely voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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