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  • Plan to collect menstrual data on high school athletes in Florida is voted down

    02/09/2023 11:53:06 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 17 replies
    NPR ^ | 02/09/2023 | SARAH MCCAMMON
    The Florida High School Athletic Association's board of directors has voted 14-2 to remove questions about high school athletes' menstrual history from a required health form for participation in high school athletics. Thursday's emergency meeting focused on the debate around menstrual cycle information. But in a less-discussed change to the requirements for Florida athletes, the newly adopted form asks students to list their "sex assigned at birth." The previous version asked only for "sex." The vote comes after weeks of controversy surrounding questions on the medical form, which is typically filled out by a physician and submitted to schools. The...