A bill pushed by Republicans in Florida would ban young girls from discussing their periods while in school


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A bill pushed by Republicans in Florida would ban young girls from discussing their periods while in school​



A bill backed by Republicans in Florida would ban girls younger than grade six from discussing their periods while at school, according to the lawmaker who proposed the legislation.

State Rep. Stan McClain proposed House Bill 1069, which would limit instruction on sexual and reproductive health to grades six through 12. The bill is part of a string of laws being pushed by Florida Republicans related to gender and sexuality.

In a subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, Democratic state Rep. Ashley Gantt asked McClain if the bill would "prohibit conversations about menstrual cycles" for girls who get their periods before sixth grade, noting girls typically start menstruating from ages 10 to 15, which would include fourth and fifth graders.

McClain responded: "It would."
 
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The new law says that it will be “unlawful to prescribe, dispense, distribute, sell or use any drug for the purpose of procuring or performing an abortion.”

The law includes penalties of up to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of up to $9,000. But it exempts people who take abortion pills from criminal liability. It also allows drugs to be used in case they are needed to treat “natural miscarriages.”

Medication-induced abortions, which account for about half of U.S. abortions, have become increasingly contentious since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, leaving individual states free to outlaw abortion.

Abortion rights advocates expressed dismay. “A person’s health, not politics, should guide important medical decisions — including the decision to have an abortion,” said Antonio Serrano, an advocacy director at the American Civil Liberties Union of Wyoming.
 
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9 Republicans pull support from South Carolina bill allowing the death penalty for abortion​



Nine South Carolina Republicans who had co-sponsored one of the most severe anti-abortion proposals in the country have since withdrawn their support, reversing course on a measure that proposed applying the state’s homicide laws to people who undergo abortions.

The legislation, which had 24 co-sponsors — all Republicans — since its introduction in January, lost support from nine of them in recent weeks.

Reps. Kathy Landing and Matt Leber were the first to pull back support in late February.

Leber, who was also among the first Republicans to support the measure in January, told NBC News that he decided he couldn't support the bill's existing language and realized it had no chance of passing.

"In its current form, I cannot keep my name on it," Leber said. "I wouldn't want to prosecute or charge women at all, that's never been my philosophy on pro-life issues."
 
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