“Fuzzy Chimp” at Twitchy identified that leftists mangled an correct Related Press reality verify correcting the false notion that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is mandating all feminine high-school athletes within the state to offer detailed details about their menstrual cycles.

So credit score the AP, and surprise why on Earth somebody like Nina Turner, a Democrat who ran for statewide workplace in Ohio, would tweet this: 

That is authoritarianism. Full cease. pic.twitter.com/4GYb3pwqU3

— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) February 4, 2023

Within the new Twitter, it has a be aware appended:

Readers added context they thought folks would possibly need to know

This screenshot is of an AP article which is fact-checking the declare outlined within the proven headline. The AP assessed the declare as false.

Twitchy famous she wasn’t alone. This boob got here first: 

Ron DeSantis:
The federal government has no proper in telling federal staff to put on masks.

Additionally Ron DeSantis:
The federal government has each proper to know when each single highschool lady has her interval.

Ron DeSantis is the epitome of hypocrisy, and fairly the creep!

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) February 1, 2023

Ed Krassenstein and his brother Brian had obtained a everlasting ban from Twitter in 2019 for making an attempt to make use of pretend accounts to extend the facility of their anti-Trump trolling. 

AP’s Philip Marcelo defined what the leftists have been mangling, and quoted Krassenstein in his piece:

CLAIM: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is requiring all feminine student-athletes within the state to offer detailed details about their intervals with a view to compete in organized sports activities.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The Florida Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation is weighing the advice from an advisory committee, however no remaining choice has been made. DeSantis’ training commissioner is a member of the affiliation’s board of administrators and the commissioner additionally appoints three others, however the affiliation is a personal nonprofit group, not a state company below the purview of the governor’s workplace.

….Florida at the moment asks feminine highschool athletes to offer details about their menstrual cycle on well being varieties required to take part in sports activities, however it’s not necessary.

Ryan Harrison, the affiliation’s spokesperson, confirmed the brand new suggestions have been developed by its sports activities medication advisory committee and authorized in late January. It can now be thought-about by the affiliation board of administrators at its subsequent assembly in Gainesville from Feb. 26-27.

It is simple to know why this sounds controversial and intrusive. However Twitchy added particulars:

The present type designates these questions as ‘Non-compulsory’. We at Twitchy checked out various related varieties from different states. The bulk we considered included the identical or related questions and didn’t designate them as ‘Non-compulsory’.

We sampled varieties from Ohio, New Jersey, Washington, Delaware, North Carolina, Nevada, California, Alabama, and Arizona. Most different states possible have related varieties as a result of they’re all following tips from nationwide organizations, identical to Florida.

AP quotes Sefcik, a member of the Florida sports-medicine advisory committee, insisting the brand new coverage is “per nationwide tips for sports activities physicals developed by the American Academy of Household Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Faculty of Sports activities Drugs and different teams.”

The nationwide tips say menstrual historical past is an “important dialogue for feminine athletes” as a result of interval abnormalities may very well be an indication of “low power availability, being pregnant, or different gynecologic or medical situations.”

“Menstrual dysfunction is 2-3 instances extra widespread in athletes than nonathletes, and 10-15% of feminine athletes have amenorrhea (lack of menstrual cycle) or oligomenorrhea (a lower in variety of menstrual cycles per yr),” the rules learn. “Amenorrhea happens extra continuously in gamers of sports activities that emphasize leanness, similar to working, gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, and determine skating.”

Often, the “progressives” are very amenable to medical organizations, and would recommend the right-wingers hate Science.

However Twitchy provides one necessary element on the proposed new medical varieties. They state “This medical historical past type must be retained by the healthcare supplier and/or guardian,” not by the colleges. 

Actually, the one type in Florida’s new proposed bundle that should be retained by the varsity is the Medical Eligibility Type, stating that the coed athlete participated within the pre-participation bodily analysis and evaluation below the supervision of a certified healthcare skilled.

LESS medical data can be offered to Florida colleges below the proposed varieties bundle.

This could smash the “Authoritarianism, Full Cease” horror present.