Friday, March 17, 2023

GET ME REWRITE: Florida GOP fights crime and inflation with bill to ban tween and young teen girls from discussing menstruation

 
Top headline:   NBC, 10/16/2022
Bottom headline:  Salon, 3/17/2023
From Salon:
Democratic state Rep. Ashley Viola Gantt pressed McClain over the bill during a House Education Equality Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, questioning whether it would effectively ban girls below sixth grade from discussing their periods in school. 
"Does this bill prohibit conversations about menstrual cycles ― because we know that typically the ages is between 10 and 15 ― so if little girls experience their menstrual cycle in fifth grade or fourth grade, will that prohibit conversations from them since they are in the grade lower than sixth grade?" Gantt asked the Republican. 
"It would," McClain acknowledged[emphasis added]

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