Many are criticizing a controversial piece of legislation advancing in Florida, which would prevent educators from teaching about menstruation and other sex education topics in elementary school.
, girls in the U.S. typically get their first period between ages 11 and 14, but can get them as early as age 9 and as late as age 15. Children in third and fourth grades are typically 8 to 10 years old.
"We hadn't contemplated that, but that would not be the intent of the bill," McClain said, adding he would be"amenable" to changing some of the text of the bill to allow for those conversations.proposed pieces of legislation in the state, also stipulates how instructors can define sex and reproduction to their students, adding that reproductive roles are"unchangeable.
The legislation also stipulates teachers should instruct older students about abstinence, emphasizing heterosexual relationships.
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