Minnesota Democrat argues for menstrual products in boys' bathrooms: 'Not all who menstruate are female' - Fox News

The Minnesota Legislature is considering a bill that would necessitate each nationalist and charter schools to marque menstrual products disposable successful schoolhouse bathrooms, including boys’ bathrooms.

The bill, House File 44, would marque it truthful "A schoolhouse territory oregon charter schoolhouse indispensable provide students entree to menstrual products astatine nary charge. The products indispensable beryllium disposable successful restrooms utilized by students successful grades 4 to 12." 

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Rep. Dean Urdahl, Republican, projected an amendment to clarify that the menstrual products should beryllium disposable successful restrooms utilized by pistillate students.

"This is conscionable astir practicality. I judge that these products should beryllium astir disposable to those that would usage them, girls. This amendment makes that much likely," Urdahl said during the House Education Committee meeting. 

Representative Sandra Feist arguing for the inclusion of menstrual products successful boy's restrooms

The bill's sponsor, Rep. Sandra Feist, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, argued successful absorption to the amendment connected "practical, financial, social, and emotional" grounds. 

"There are a batch of schools that are moving towards gender-neutral bathrooms, and if we adhd ‘female,’ we mightiness go obsolete precise quickly," Feist said. 

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"Second, not each students who menstruate are female," Feist continued. "We request to marque definite all students person entree to these products. There are evidently little non-female menstruating students and truthful their usage volition beryllium overmuch lower. That was really calculated into the outgo of this."

According to Feist, non-female menstruators "face a greater stigma and obstruction to asking for these products." She besides claimed galore schools person already started stocking menstrual products successful each bathrooms without issue.

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Urdahl's amendment failed to walk and was called "just different mode to disagreement people" by idiosyncratic who testified earlier the committee. 

Representatives Feist and Urdahl did not instantly respond for comment