Idaho GOP Women Deny Girls Free Tampons in School

[RandySF]

Idaho State Rep. Rod Furniss offered his fellow legislators a lesson in basic biology this week.

“Boys and girls have two Ps: peeing and pooping,” the reasonable Republican from Rigby said from the House floor on Monday as the co-sponsor of a bill to provide free menstrual products in public schools. “We know that the proper role of government is to cover the two Ps. Well, surprise, we just figured out [in] 2023, that girls have three Ps: They have peeing and pooping, and period.”

He proceeded with simple facts and common sense.

“Now we can hold the first two Ps, peeing and pooping. We can take care of that. But the third P, the girls don’t have a muscle down there. When that happens, it happens. It’s an emergency every time that happens. It’s a basic biological function. Is the proper role of government to cover a basic biological function? I submit to you that it is.”

Among those who watched the proceedings online was Avrey Hendrix, a 35-year-old mother of four who had met with Furniss last spring as the founder of a nonprofit advocacy group called the Idaho Period Project. Hendrix lives in Furniss’ district. And a young woman on her organization’s board has a friend in common with the legislator’s daughter.




https://www.thedailybeast.com/idaho-republicans-deny-girls-free-tampons-in-school?ref=wrap

[Phoenix61]

1. No words. Not a single one that I'm willing to put in writing. nt

[Hekate]

2. Wow, a "reasonable Republican" in possession of the facts of life. Applause to him.

[niyad]

3. "We can hold the first two p's"??? Not indefinnitely. And there are consequences

if one does this too much.

[ZonkerHarris]

4. next they will take the toilet paper out of the bathroom stalls. Monsters.