Idaho schools won’t provide girls with free tampons, because GOP legislators voted against it, calling it “woke,” “liberal,” and “nanny state” (read story here).
That’s despite Idaho’s child poverty rate of 14.4% (see story here), which is nearly three times the 5.2% national average (see story here).
The record-low national rate is due to the expanded child tax credit, but now will likely rise, because that program has ended. Republicans were against that, too, and they now control the House budget process.
At this point, you may wonder if Republicans like children going hungry, because they’re trying to curtail food stamps, too, which primarily benefit households with children (see story here). I’m wondering that myself.
Meanwhile, Idaho schoolgirls bleed on their desks.