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Maine Democrats Push Bill to Require Tampons in Boys’ Bathrooms Across the State’s Public Schools

Seamus OthotBy Seamus OthotMarch 18, 2025Updated:March 18, 202577 Comments2 Mins Read15K Views
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Rep. Kristen Cloutier (D-Lewiston) wants to put tampons in high school and middle school boys’ bathrooms with a new bill that would require free menstrual products in public school restrooms, even for male students who do not menstruate.

The bill, LD 155, drew support from nine Democratic co-sponsors and will be considered in the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

The bill instructs Maine School Administrative Districts (MSAD) to provide menstrual products in all school restrooms in any schools with students from 6th to 12th grade, regardless of the gender designation of the bathroom.

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In effect, by applying the rules to every bathroom and regardless of the practical need for menstrual products, the bill would supply 11-year-old boys with tampons at the expense of taxpayers.

The Maine Wire reached out to Rep. Cloutier, asking why she believes it is necessary for menstrual products to be placed in boys’ restrooms, but she did not respond.

Currently, there is no fiscal note attached to indicate how much the program will cost taxpayers, and no public hearings or work sessions have been scheduled.

This isn’t the first time Cloutier has led an effort by Maine Democrats to equip middle school and high school boys with tampons.

In the last session of the legislature, Cloutier proposed similar legislation. According to the fiscal note for that item, the tampon availability measure would cost taxpayers $273,000 each year.

The bill comes as Maine’s schools have faced national scrutiny, and the state’s Department of Education (DOE) already faces a loss of federal funding for violating President Donald Trump’s order intended to stop biological males from competing in women’s sports, and the state faces a half billion dollar budget deficit.

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Seamus Othot is a reporter for The Maine Wire. He grew up in New Hampshire, and graduated from The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, where he was able to spend his time reading the great works of Western Civilization. He can be reached at [email protected]

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Jon
Jon
1 year ago

Could some Democrat explaine to me where a boy inserts a tampon? Illustrations would be helpful!

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sandy
sandy
1 year ago

Now we know why there are so many shootings in Lewiston.

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Camp Granny
Camp Granny
1 year ago

How many ways can Democrats waste money we don’t have?
This is a prime example.

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Bill in Bangor
Bill in Bangor
1 year ago

Maine Democrats are insane. Hopefully they will continue proving to Maine voters just how insane they and their policies are.

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DamDoc
DamDoc
1 year ago

Are you sheisting me? WTF??? Stop voting for sick forks.

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Frank John Mike
Frank John Mike
1 year ago

Thank god, she finally puts something on the record. This will be the thing that gets her voted out. Please democrats do more. Can you imagen trying to defend this during the next election cycle? Too easy.

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C Simms
C Simms
1 year ago

I hope our rep from Kittery gets behind this so we can get rid of that trash too.

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Gary Fogg
Gary Fogg
1 year ago

Stupidity to make the state look even crazier. Codswallop!

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axylos
axylos
1 year ago

The people of Lewiston have to be the stupidest people in the state to keep voting this idiot into office.

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getting played
getting played
1 year ago

this is the democrats showing u they will do what they please and no one can stop them… forced social engineering…. lgbtq people are prob the way they are by processed foods, vacinations, etc. etc… its not heppening naturally, just like the forced acceptance we face with silly laws…

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Joel
Joel
1 year ago

Lewiston….. that says it all.

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Jays been digging
Jays been digging
1 year ago

Wow that’s just insanely at its finest.

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Andy K
Andy K
1 year ago

Did something happen that made all mentally disturbed liberals move to the coast of Maine? Were they given free therapy or is there some secret society of sexual deviants gathering along the coast of Maine? Do these politicians have some desire to make Maine the laughing stock of the country?
Wait until the schools start having to pay for the plumbing bills to have the boys room toilets unclogged from the boys flushing tampons down the toilets 5 at a time.
Better yet make all Maine state legislators pass a CORI check and a psychological exam in order to serve. That would reduce the number of Dems in the statehouse and put an end to this crazy nonsense.

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Barron Tibbetts
Barron Tibbetts
1 year ago

I am a Maine resident

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Barron Tibbetts
Barron Tibbetts
1 year ago

https://www.themainewire.com/2025/03/maine-democrats-push-bill-to-require-tampons-in-boys-bathrooms-across-the-states-public-schools/#comment-103186 I know and can you believe the spoons my god

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Goode Grief
Goode Grief
1 year ago

Stupid is as stupid does. The City of Lewiston and the Lew Crew, all Dems, have disenfranchised the city and its lawful citizens. Wake up people; being awake does not mean you have to be woke!

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NorEaster 4070
NorEaster 4070
1 year ago

Which one of you shifty dems has the contract to install, maintain, and stock bathrooms in ‘the district’? What about the consulting firms doing the various studies and PR and lobbying work? There is ALWAYS some sort of a money grift behind these insane policies. Truly, you whack jobs in the blue counties are making us moonbats down here in Massachusetts look downright level headed! Keep on going, the big flip to red is coming faster and faster!

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mark violette
mark violette
1 year ago

necessary

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David Collins David Collins
David Collins David Collins
1 year ago

Yep maine is completely fucked with dumb ass mills and those kooaid drinkers with her

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patriot1
patriot1
1 year ago

This is what we get when we don’t pay attention who we vote for in office these pieces of s*** have lost all their marbles. Democrats keep wrapping themselves in this nonsense. All must GO !

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kevin carter
kevin carter
1 year ago

but boys get nosebleeds…jesus…do we have to educate you people on the many uses of tampons…..truly pathetic….

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Kres
Kres
1 year ago

She looks stupid and uneducated, not surprised with suggestions.

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billyjoebob
billyjoebob
1 year ago

What an absolute embarrassment to the state.

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RUKiddingME
RUKiddingME
1 year ago

Need one, ask the nurse

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Eeddyedward
Eeddyedward
1 year ago

Please put this idiot on FOX to explain herself! Let’s make this fat fool to look as ridiculous as Adolph Mills. Can anyone say Smarten up! C’mon man!

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Beachmom
Beachmom
1 year ago

What terrible person she is.
It’s amazing she can show her face in public

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oncebigbob
oncebigbob
1 year ago

Kids can’t read or wright, but boys will know they are all set should they get a period during school hours. Just how stupid are these demorats? (Don’t answer that)

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Tammie Cowette
Tammie Cowette
1 year ago

This is totally ridiculous. I can’t believe that there are some people out there that are This stupid. For what reason should This even be considered. I would like to know who the other democrats are that support this.

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Sonja Suyela
Sonja Suyela
1 year ago

Why is this an issue? 273.000 to do this? Really need to assess the costs. If they are not used…then no costs. I would happily support this if it would mean that we could move on to more of the life and death issues that so many face.

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malcha
malcha
1 year ago

This is sick stuff. Every Mainer should be embarrassed to see how far the Maine Legislature has degenerated under Mills.

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John Jacobson
John Jacobson
1 year ago

I swear these Dems love losing. They’ve been singing and waving canes, they’ve been yelling unintelligibly, and they’ve been jumping up and down. They are celebrating their losses and now they want to lose even more. Good job Dems I like your plan=losing 😂

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Pete
Pete
1 year ago

Courier, seek mental help immediately!!!!!!

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Sue
Sue
1 year ago

The law doesn’t say to put in boys bathrooms. I think all bathrooms would mean not only girls bathrooms but bathrooms anyone can use.

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Brian
Brian
1 year ago

If this is what they want to spend tax payer money on they should not be in the positions they are in. GET A LIFE!

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Brian
Brian
1 year ago

MAINE THE WAY NO ONES LIFE SHOULD BE!

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Mooseman
Mooseman
1 year ago

Just stop the stupidity already, what an absolute embarrassment. What an absolute middle finger to taxpayers, just a willful waste of their money. Democrats just believe taxpayer money is Monopoly money to be spread around as fairy dust. Cloutier needs to resign immediately.

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Roleme
Roleme
1 year ago

Just wow.

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Tiffany VanDerMeiren
Tiffany VanDerMeiren
1 year ago

I just think that if you are aware enough to know you are another gender then you are aware enough to know to pack feminine products. I literally made it from puberty to menopause and NEVER ONCE purchased a tampon in a bathroom. Just Saying. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Dave
Dave
1 year ago

Another liberal fat pig with 💩for brains. The only thing which can explain her stupidity is the way she looks.

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Homer
Homer
1 year ago

I can assure you that Cloutier is the overweight, pompous, self serving airhead this bill exemplifies. Her city of Lewistown is crumbling under a surge of violence, crime, and drug deaths and she’s more worried about free tampons for kids in school. Heck, thousands of dirty lew residents work at the PG plant in Auburn and take tampons home free anyway.

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Sarah J
1 year ago

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Mike H
Mike H
1 year ago

WTF is going on in Maine? Men in women’s sports, tampons in school boys rooms? This is SO far out there. How did Maine become so indoctrinated that these are even talking points.
MAINERS…TAKE YOUR STATE BACK!!!!

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S T
S T
1 year ago

Again with colossal stupidity. Is there one Democrat with a functioning brain cell? They are the most disgusting people on the planet

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Craig
Craig
1 year ago

Just NO !!! we the state of maine shouldn’t be paying for ANYONE’S PERSONAL HYGEINE PREFERENCES, PERIOD !

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Ken
Ken
1 year ago

Insanity is thinking you can vote you way out of ….insanity

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Norman Linnell
Norman Linnell
1 year ago

If party affiliation appeared on all ballots , no critically thinking citizen would vote for democrats and the lunacy that they stand for.

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Sally M. Chetwynd
Sally M. Chetwynd
1 year ago

She should be required to demonstrate, in public, just how a boy is to apply the tampon on or in himself.

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RONALD RICHARD MORNEAULT
RONALD RICHARD MORNEAULT
1 year ago

BOYS DO NOT NEED TAMPONS, MAINE DEMS WANT BOYS TO COMPETE AGAINST GIRLS, WTF

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Eric H
Eric H
1 year ago

Men in Women’s Sports
Tampons in Men’s bathrooms .
Higher taxes for all .
75,000 more illegal aliens
Vote Democrat in 2026

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Robert
Robert
1 year ago

Rep. Kristen Cloutier (D-Lewiston) is living proof that you can’t fix stupid.

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