DALLAS — When was your first menstrual period? When was your most recent? How many periods have you had in the past year?
These are among the questions Texas student-athletes are asked on forms when they register to play a sport in middle or high school.
The menstrual cycle questions have led to controversy in at least one other state in light of heightened concerns for transgender athletes and new laws criminalizing abortion. Florida officials are reconsidering what student-athletes are asked about sensitive medical information including questions about girls' menstrual periods after parents in Palm Beach and three other Florida counties recently raised medical privacy concerns, The Palm Beach Post reported.
