Bill 55 explained in plain English
Menstrual Health Day Act, 2021
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Menstrual Health Day Act, 2021, proclaims May 28th annually as Menstrual Health Day in Ontario to raise awareness about menstrual health challenges and stigma.
This bill, known as the Menstrual Health Day Act, 2021, proclaims May 28th of each year as Menstrual Health Day in Ontario. The purpose is to raise awareness about the challenges people who menstruate face, particularly regarding the affordability of menstrual products, and to help fight menstrual health inequity and stigma.
- It proclaims May 28 in each year as Menstrual Health Day.
- It raises awareness about the challenges people who menstruate face, including affordability issues with menstrual products.
- It aims to contribute to the normalization of menstruation and fight menstrual health inequity and stigma.
- People who menstruate in Ontario
- Communities, especially Northern and Indigenous communities, where menstrual products may be expensive
- Low-income, homeless, Indigenous, and young people who menstruate
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- May 28 is proclaimed as Menstrual Health Day each year.
- The bill does not specify any activities or programs that must occur on Menstrual Health Day.
- The bill does not detail how awareness will be raised or how menstrual health inequity and stigma will be fought.
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