Maryland representative Kathy Siriga (R) criticized the bill passed by a state delegation to abolish the ban on condoms sold at school vending machines, and said it was a “supported by children” “Excessive sexualization.”
House Bill 380 (HB 380) sponsor Maryland representative Nicole Williams (D) said that condom-like contraceptives can be used by all schools in the state (kindergarten, elementary, middle school, high school) through “vending machines or other automatic” devices. Allows you to have the option to sell. According to In Baltimore Sun.
The bill, passed by the 89-41 vote, would abolish criminal penalties for selling condom-like birth control pills at school vending machines. According to the bill Textthose who violate “people who commit a misdemeanor crime and are convicted will be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.”
“A condom for kids,” Szeliga said before the HB 380 was handed over. “This is an overreach. So next year we have a bill that regulates what can be done with these condom machines. What colour can a rapper become? What words can a rapper say? ”
“Imagine walking before school with a 3, 4, 5 year old child. You walk by a machine and they say, “Mom, dad, what's in that machine? Are you doing it?” Or they are learning to read and you have to explain to them the meaning of those words. This is an over-sexualization of our children, and it's just going too far,” Zeliga added.
Baltimore Sun HB 380 said “schools do not require vending machines to sell condoms and other contraceptives.”
Before the bill was passed, Williams defended the bill, explaining that, according to the outlet, “it's all about eliminating criminal penalties.”
“We haven't set a policy,” Williams added. “What we're doing is removing misdemeanors from criminal law articles.”
Williams defended the bill, but Maryland representatives Mark Fisher (R) and Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) also criticized the bill.
“Why do kindergarteners need condoms?” Fisher I was asked In the X post, “We should probably ask Williams, who introduced the HB 380. The bill allows elementary school children to be given condoms without consequences or penalties.”
“The Democrat-controlled Maryland Legislature continues to insanity,” Harris said. I wrote it In a post from X. “The House is about to pass HB380. This is a bill that will make it legal to sell condoms in kindergartens and kindergartens. When will the insanity end?”
