Below are some proposals that the Texas Legislature considered this year. Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following?
Below are some proposals that the Texas Legislature considered this year. Please tell us whether you would support or oppose each of the following? Prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care to minors.
Wording notes: BAN framing (support = restrict) | umbrella term, no treatment named | targets doctors | the stem now attributes the proposal to the Texas Legislature, adding an in-group/out-group partisan cue absent in April | no age threshold
neutral — Same item as April with a legislature-attribution stem added. Movement is small at the top line (58% to 60% support) but the independent column swings hard - strong support among pure independents jumps from 35% to 60% - which is a caution about small independent bases as much as a wording effect.
Subgroup figures (15)
party
| Group | Strongly support | Somewhat support | Somewhat oppose | Strongly oppose | Don't know/No opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat (incl. leaners) | 14% | 17% | 11% | 47% | 11% |
| Independent (pure) | 60% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 10% |
| Republican (incl. leaners) | 74% | 12% | 6% | 2% | 6% |