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Florida schools ask female student-athletes about their menstrual history. Parents worry in post-Roe era and one district wants to change that.

A Florida school district is seeking to change a state medical form that asks female student-athletes about their menstrual histories following criticism from some physicians and parents who say it’s unnecessary for schools to collect and digitally store such information and that doing so puts students at risk in the post-Roe v. Wade era.

The Palm Beach County School District has asked the Florida High School Athletic Association to alter its physical evaluation form for student-athletes so it no longer includes five optional questions asking about menstrual history, a spokesperson for the school district said. Read More

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