Blue city proposes bill to place menstrual products in men’s bathrooms

FormerAnheuser-BuschexecutiveAnsonFrericksexplainedhowcompanies’focusonpoliticsandsocialissuesbackfiredontheirbottomlineasPresidentTrumpreassuresAmericansaboutmarketuncertainty.  CitycouncilmembersinMarylandintroducedabillMondaytoexpandaccesstomenstrualproductsinallcity-runbathrooms,includingthosedesignatedformen. BaltimoreCouncilmanParisGray,whoistheleadsponsorofthebill,introducedthelegislationduringthecitycouncil’sbi-monthlymeeting. Graysaidthebillisnotjustaproposal,butitreflectsthecity’scommitmenttomenstrualequityandthevaluesBaltimoreholdsdear,includingdignity,accessibilityandpublichealth. “Accesstomenstrualproductsshouldbeasfundamentalasaccesstosoaportoiletpaper,”Graysaid.“Itisanessentialpartofpersonalhygiene,andyet,forfartoomanypeople,theseproductsremainoutofreach.Menstrualproductsarenotaluxury.Theyareanecessity,andtheabsenceofaccesscancreateunduestressandhardship.” CALIFORN