Bill provides menstrual products to farmworkers

(The Center Square) – Women who work in fields and other outdoor spaces would get free menstrual products if a new bill introduced in the California Legislature passes this year. Assembly Bill 2082, introduced by Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez, R-Indio, would require nonprofits that work with farmworker communities to provide free menstrual products to women who work on farms, fields and other agricultural businesses. “Women in those fields don’t always have access to the basic hygiene products they need,” Gonzalez said during a press conference Tuesday morning. “That is not just inconvenient; it’s unacceptable. No woman should have to choose between her health, her dignity and her paycheck.” Women who spoke at the news conference said female farmworkers often have to use materials not meant for menstrual hygiene to be able to keep working. “There were times when she had to use rags, paper or even pieces of her own clothing