In December last year, the Ministry of Justice held a press conference at which it asserted that because public opinion polls had shown that 60 % of people are still in favor of a child taking its father's surname, the Legislative Yuan will be going against the public's wishes if it passes the amendment into law.
去年十二月法務部更召開記者會表示，經民意調查顯示，有六成的人仍贊成孩子從父姓，因此立法院通過姓氏由夫妻共同約定是不符合民意的。