A plurality of registered voters – 47% – think doctors should never be able to prescribe puberty blockers to children. An additional 29% of voters say puberty blockers can be prescribed to minors but only with parental consent.
A nonprofit that represents health care professionals and policy makers opposed to the practice say the polling results reflect a greater understanding of the dangers such care present to children.
“It is not surprising that the more the public learns about the irreversible impact of giving puberty blockers to kids, the more opposition grows to this experimental and risky treatment,” Do No Harm Executive Director Kristina Rasmussen told The Center Square.
The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll found that just 10% of voters think doctors should be allowed to prescribe puberty blockers to children without a parents’ consent. Another 14% of Americans said they weren’t sure about the issue.
Do Not harm last fall published a Stop the Harm database to raise awareness about the issue of gender transitioning children at hospitals and other health facilities across the country. The website hosts a “Dirty Dozen” list of hospitals that it says are “the 12 worst-offending children’s hospitals promoting sex change treatments for minors.”
“For years, the misguided medical establishment has spread misinformation about so-called ‘gender affirming’ treatments for minors, with little to no scrutiny from the media,” Rasmussen said. “At Do No Harm, we are committed to spreading the truth about puberty blockers and other sex change interventions, and will continue to fight against this pseudo-scientific child experimentation.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office to restrict transgender drugs and surgeries for minors. Supporters have brought legal challenges over some of the state-level bans. The U.S. Supreme Court is considering the issue.
The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll was conducted by Noble Predictive Insights from April 15-18, 2025, and surveyed registered voters nationally via an opt-in online panel and text-to-web cell phone messages. The sample included 2,527 respondents, comprised of 1,089 Republicans, 1,187 Democrats, and 251 True Independents, which Noble Predictive defines as independents who chose neither when asked if they lean toward one of the major parties. It is one of only six national tracking polls in the U.S.
The margin of error was +/- 2.0%.
