p44 s1 bill 131 b131 e.pdf

Ontario — Bills

1ST SESSION, 44TH LEGISLATURE, ONTARIO CHARLES III, 2026 Bill

An Act to proclaim Menstrual Health Day MPP A. Gilmour Private Member’s Bill 1st Reading May 28, 2026 2nd Reading 3rd Reading Royal Assent Bill

An Act to proclaim Menstrual Health Day

Preamble In Ontario, a large number of people who menstruate struggle to afford menstrual products, especially in Northern and Indigenous communities where menstrual products are often sold at vastly inflated prices. The inability to afford menstrual products can result in menstruators managing their menstrual health in unsafe and unsanitary ways, such as re -using non-reusable products, which can result in severe health issues, including toxic shock syndrome, sepsis and other dangerous infections.

The affordability of menstrual products is a health and social equity issue that has the greatest impact on low income, homeless, Indigenous and young people who menstruate. By proclaiming May in each year as Menstrual Health Day, the Province of Ontario raises awareness of the challenges people who menstruate face and will give menstruators and non -menstruators in Ontario the opportunity to celebrate the natural process of menstruation and fight menstrual health inequity and stigma.

Menstrual Health Day contributes to the normalization of menstruation, as menstruating is a natural bodily function, and access to menstrual products is as necessary as access to soap, water and toilet paper. Therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: Menstrual Health Day May in each year is proclaimed as Menstrual Health Day. Commencement This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title The

short title of this Act is the Menstrual Health Day Act, 2026. ______________ EXPLANATORY NOTE The Bill proclaims May in each year as Menstrual Health Day.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	p44 s1 bill 131 b131 e.pdf
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Language	en
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