Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced a plan to provide free menstrual products in girls' and all-gender restrooms in state buildings.
Jane Clayton, Mary Catherine Perry and Emily Bell McCormick, The Policy Project president and founder, embrace after a press conference to announce the state will provide free period products in all women’s and all-gender bathrooms in Utah’s executive state buildings in Salt Lake City on Thursday.
The Policy Project founder Emily Bell McCormick said, "Menstruation is something that historically was not considered in the halls of the Capitol, despite periods being a biological occurrence that is necessary in the process of giving life to all of us and an occurrence that one-half of the population experiences.""This year more than 337,000 students have been impacted," by HB162, she said."Utah is leading the way, and not just in schools," she said.
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