Axios: “California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Friday to require public schools to stock their restrooms with free menstrual products. The legislation comes after many women’s rights advocates have pushed nationwide for affordable access to pads, tampons and other women’s hygiene products. The requirement follows in the footsteps of many other states, like Washington and Illinois, which passed similar laws this year.
“The California bill states that all public schools with students grades 6 to 12, community colleges and California State Universities must provide feminine hygiene products in their restrooms starting in the 2022 school year. The bill signed Friday expands a 2017 law that requires low-income schools to provide students with free menstrual products.
“‘Our biology doesn’t always send an advanced warning when we’re about to start menstruating, which often means we need to stop whatever we’re doing and deal with a period,’ Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia said in a statement. ‘Just as toilet paper and paper towels are provided in virtually every public bathrooms, so should menstrual products,’ she added.”