The Minnesota Legislature is considering a bill that would require all public and charter schools to provide menstrual products in school bathrooms, including boys’ bathrooms.
The bill, House File 44, would make it so: “A school district or charter school must provide students with access to menstrual products at no charge. The products must be available in restrooms used by students in grades 4 through 12.”
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Congressman Dean Urdahl, a Republican, proposed an amendment to clarify that menstrual products must be available in restrooms used by female students.
“It’s just about practicality. I believe these products should be most accessible to those who would use them, girls. This amendment makes that more likely,” Urdahl said during a hearing of the House Education Committee.
Representative Sandra Feist advocates for the inclusion of menstrual products in boys’ restrooms
The bill’s sponsor, Congresswoman Sandra Feist, Democratic Farm Labor, opposed the amendment on “practical, financial, social and emotional” grounds.
“There are a lot of schools that are moving toward gender-neutral bathrooms, and if we add ‘female,’ we can get old very quickly,” Feist said.
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“Secondly, not all menstruating students are female,” Feist continued. “We need to make sure all students have access to these products. Obviously, there are fewer non-female menstruating students and therefore their usage will be much less. That was actually factored into the cost of this.’
According to Feist, non-female menstruators “face a greater stigma and barrier to wanting these products.” She also claims that many schools have already started stocking menstrual products in all bathrooms without a problem.
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Urdahl’s amendment failed to pass and was called “just another way to divide people” by someone who testified before the committee.
Representatives Feist and Urdahl did not immediately return calls for comment
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