Constituents recently found out just how alarmingly restrictive it could be.
Does the bill prohibit conversations about menstrual cycles?
Because we know that typically [menstruation begins] between 10 and 15.
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McClain replies, It would.
Menstruation is a normal biologic change, and girls and boys should understand it, she says.
Banning educators from discussing normal and physiological processes like menstruation enrages me as an ob-gyn, she says.
This sets the stage for a lot of misunderstanding and psychological trauma that will need to be undone.
How these legislators sleep at night is incomprehensible to me.
In doing so, the states conservative lawmakers are politicizing peoples well-beingwhich will come with dangerous consequences.
We need more education and empowerment around [these topics], Dr. Shirazian says.
That should not be seen as controversial.
This post was originally published inSelf.
