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Members of the city council in Maryland On Monday, he submitted a bill on expanding access to menstrual products in all city bathrooms, including for men.
Advisor Baltimore Paris Gray, who is a leading sponsor of the bill, introduced the legislation During the City Council meeting.
Gray said that the bill is not just a proposal, but also reflects the city’s attachment to menstrual capital, but the values of the Baltimore are expensive, including dignity, accessibility and health.
“Access to menstrual products should be as fundamental as access to soap or toilet paper,” Gray said. “This is an important part of personal hygiene, and however, for too many people, these products remain inaccessible. Menstrual products are not luxury. They are a necessity, and lack of access can create excess stress and difficulty.”
Whether women’s hygienic products should be available in men’s toilets, it has become a separate topic in places such as college campus, as only women can menstrual. (Getti Image)
Gray said the bill, if approved, would require all city and rented buildings with public toilets to provide menstrual products for free.
“These include toilets and all kinds of premises, let them be designed for men, women, family use or single placement,” he said.
But the bill, said Gray, nothing new. Instead, the bill is codifying that the administration and department of general services of the Mayor of Brandon Scott has already been made, taking measures to provide menstrual products in many public institutions throughout the city.
California requires menstrual products in public schools
Gray also said Baltimore does not join the national movement menstrual equalityBut instead, he leads a charge across the country.
If the bill was adopted, all city and rented buildings in the Baltimore, Massachusetts, with public toilets had to provide menstrual products for free, including in men’s toilets. (Getti Image)
“Cities and municipalities recognize the perspective of free access to menstrual products, and the Baltimor proudly occupies this place in the forefront of these critical efforts,” he said.
Gray did not respond to the request of Digital Fox News about the comments on this question.
In February, the Long Beach School District in California took similar measures when the email reported that all schools containing 3 classes will have menstrual products in bathrooms, bathrooms, as well as in the bathroom.
The e -mail reported to the parents and caregivers that the system “seeks to reduce barriers to teaching and forming a favorable environment for all students.”
Having the products of the period in bathrooms for girls and at least in the bathroom for boys is to “ensure that any student who menstruation, including transgender boys and non-bin students, is access to these necessary products with dignity and opinion,” by email.
The Baltimore City Council suggested placing the products in the bathrooms for men on all urban premises. (Istock)
In California, “Menstrual equality for all actions” It was adopted in October 2023 and he acknowledged that the changes should be taken in or by the beginning of the 2024-25 academic year.
When passing the bill, the following text was added: when the bill was adopted:
“At the beginning of the 2024-25 academic year, the school, including the school, which is managed by the school district, the district office or the statutory school, supporting any combinations of classes from 3 to 12 classes, inclusive, to include school toilets at all times with proper menstrual products, accessible and accessible, free, in all women’s tools and at all. less than.
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Menstrual products were identified in the account as gaskets and tampons specifically “for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.”
The bill also said that this The state legislative body The intention “to promote the justice of the period by proper access to menstrual products in schools, which also serve 3 in grades, inclusive”.
Elizabeth Praise Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
