Michigan Democrat argues for menstrual products in boys' bathrooms: 'Not all who menstruate are female'
Rep. Dean Urdahl, Republican, proposed an amendment to clarify that the menstrual products should be available in restrooms used by female students.
"This is just about practicality. I believe that these products should be most available to those that would use them, girls. This amendment makes that more likely," Urdahl said during theThe bill's sponsor, Rep. Sandra Feist, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, argued in opposition to the amendment on"practical, financial, social, and emotional" grounds.
"There are a lot of schools that are moving towards gender-neutral bathrooms, and if we add ‘female,’ we might become obsolete very quickly," Feist said.
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