High school sports group rethinks menstrual cycle questions

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(AP) — Facing blowback, the director of Florida’s high school sports governing body is backing away from using an eligibility form that requires female athletes to disclose their menstrual history in order to compete. However, the earlier version of the form “created concerns and questions from parents, school district administrators, school board members and coaches regarding the health privacy of student-athletes,” according to the Florida association board’s Thursday meeting agenda. “There is absolutely no reason for FHSAA to collect such private information and no reason why the schools need it,” the lawmakers said in the letter

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