Fact Check: Project 2025 did not propose a ‘period passport’ for women
Online posts suggesting that the conservative Project 2025 plan would make it mandatory for women to keep track of their menstrual cycles originated from a satirical social media account.
“The Project 2025 group says women should be mandated to carry ‘period passports’ that track their menstrual cycles and must be kept up to date, and women must present these to police officers during random ID checks to monitor pregnancies.”
VERDICT
Satire. Posts saying Project 2025 proposed a “period passport” for women stem from a satirical X account.
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