Plan to collect menstrual data on high school athletes in Florida is voted down

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The Florida High School Athletic Association's board of directors votes to remove questions about athletes' menstrual history from a required health form for participation in school sports.

The part of the form that deals with menstrual cycles and had been optional. The Florida High School Athletic Association's board of directors voted to remove the questions about high school athletes' menstrual history.Clara-Sophia Daly/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

Thursday's emergency meeting focused on the debate around menstrual cycle information. But in a less-discussed change to the requirements for Florida athletes, the newly adopted form asks students to list their"sex assigned at birth." The previous version asked only for"sex."

 

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Crof OMG they can't be serious!

MargaretAtwood --- if there is ever a trilogy of The Handmaid's Tale, Florida could be a candidate for the setting.

Just the idea that this BS came to a vote should worry EVERY girl's parents...

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