Free Menstrual Products in Idaho Schools Blocked by GOP Women

[tulipsandroses]

Republicans in the Idaho House of Representatives blocked a bill that would have supplied free menstrual products to public school students in grades 6-12, calling it “liberal” and “woke.”
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The bill was sponsored by Republican Rod Furniss, who emphasized it would benefit low-income girls, as those who cannot afford period products often skip school on those days to avoid embarrassment.

“It’s not a lot of money in the state’s budget,” Furniss said in a committee hearing. “Today is a step to preserve womanhood, to give it a chance to start right, to not be embarrassed or feel alienated or ashamed, or to feel like they need to stay home from school due to period poverty.

Idaho's legislation was struck down Monday after a tied 35-35 vote, with ten of the nays from conservative women. Republican Barbara Ehardt said that using language such as “period poverty” and “menstrual equity” constituted “woke terms.” Heather Scott added that the bill was a “very liberal policy" that was turning Idaho into a "nanny state," and that schools are "obsessed with the private parts of our children."
https://advocatechannel.com/free-menstrual-products-idaho-schools-blocked-gop-women

[Celerity]

1. the shitholing of Red America continues apace

[senseandsensibility]

2. This is pure sexism

These supplies should be available at the nurse's office routinely. I think they were at my schools growing up in the 70's and 80's. No more controversial than band-aids or whatever.

[NullTuples]

5. Why make someone go to the office & ask? Here in CA schools they're in the bathrooms or stalls.

[XanaDUer2]

14. We went to the nurse in my school. Nt

[pwb]

3. Going to the nurse?

Was all that needed be done in my day. No matter who. I don't think we have a law for that, it is just being nice.

[Matthew28]

4. The GOP is taking this country

into the dark age. Why won't people vote these freaks out?

[Sky Jewels]

6. Sick, twisted, evil Republicans

can fuck off and burn in Hell, which unfortunately does not actually exist.

[calguy]

7. Can you blame them?

I mean, who wants their daughter to know about menstruation? You let one girl do it, and pretty soon they'll all be doing it.

[madaboutharry]

8. Republicans are twisted.

They hate everyone.

[Irish_Dem]

10. The GOP is so obsessed with children, their genitals, sex.

Seems quite disturbing.

[raging moderate]

11. Then they'd better get used to buying more toilet paper.

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When I was a poor young girl, frequently we could not afford proper menstrual pads. We improvised by folding and refolding toilet paper in long swatches that could be tucked into the elastic waists of underpants. Of course, these would become soaked pretty fast, and usually they fell into the toilet during urination. Naturally, we had to do something. Creating pools of blood on chairs or floors is generally not an approved school activity.

[yardwork]

12. I can't even.

[haele]

13. In the shipyards, if we were caught unawares,

We used duct tape and toilet paper to make a pad.
It works.

Haele

[TNNurse]

15. How could a woman be this insensitive?

[BlueIdaho]

16. Typical Idaho GQP Women.

They think that being more ballsy than men is the best way to get ahead.

[jaxexpat]

17. To be fair, Republicans have not adjusted to the reality of gross economic inequality.

They literally do not see poverty. Its not in their experience. They cannot speak to injustice when they deny its existence. One would think it humanly impossible to deny the current obvious reality. The bottom half of America is secretly renamed by "conservative" economists, "the bottom 10%" in order to hide the fact of their near majority because that would be admitting how Republicans are a certain and perpetual, statistical minority.

[flashman13]

18. I know that the legislators of Idaho are above the poverty line. But there are huge pockets of rural

poverty in Idaho. And these areas of poverty have very large numbers of poor children living in them. There would be plenty of families thankful for a little help. But, No Thanks, we wouldn't want these people to become too dependent on government largess (Warning sarcasm alert!). Or even worse, they could become WOKE!

How dare anyone suggest that there is "period poverty" in Idaho.

[Rhiannon12866]

19. Good Grief! Pretty much every ladies' room I go into has machines for these products

So all these girls are supposed to stay home for a week a month and miss school??

[bdamomma]

21. Maybe

that is what these jerks want to have young girls to stay at home. Forget about getting educated

[Rhiannon12866]

22. Don't think that didn't cross my mind...

We now have educated women as governors, senators, SCOTUS justices, state attorney generals, not to mention vice president - and making important decisions!

[Maeve]

23. Many places now offer free products as "Aunt Flo's supplies"

Ohio History Center has them in the restrooms (with a sign asking you to take no more than you need) so a lack of change doesn't mean a lack of access

[Rhiannon12866]

24. What a wonderful idea!

[Maeve]

20. Getting your period unexpectedly at school is embarrassing

Not having a pad and having to beg for one is humiliating. Folding toilet paper to keep from bleeding thru your clothes is enough to make you want to stay home.
Any woman who doesn't realize this or doesn't care to prevent other women from going thru this is lacking in basic empathy. Shame

[tulipsandroses]

25. Yet they continuously lie about protecting children

They don’t want to provide school lunches.
They prefer young girls stay home instead of being in school.
During the formula shortage, they voted against providing formula to babies.

These people are despicable.

If only poor folks that vote republican would realize that, every now and then, government should do more than just own the libs.