Maryland Democrats want your kindergartners to have access to condom vending machines at school. Yes, you read that correctly.
Maryland lawmakers have lost their collective minds with a bill that would allow contraceptive vending machines in ALL public schools—from kindergarten through high school. The Democrat-controlled House of Delegates recently advanced the legislation with an 89-41 vote, removing criminal penalties for schools that install these machines. Republicans attempted to limit the bill to high schools only but were shut down by the Democratic majority. Meanwhile, the same lawmakers are also pushing legislation to prevent parents from removing their children from classes on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Democrats Declare Condoms For Kindergartners A Priority
Just when you thought the left couldn’t get any more ridiculous in their quest to sexualize our children, Maryland Democrats said, “Hold my beer.” House Bill 380, sponsored by Democratic Delegate Nicole Williams from Prince George’s County, repeals the prohibition and penalty for selling contraceptives via vending machines in schools—including elementary and nursery schools. The current law imposes a $1,000 fine for such machines. Apparently, making sure 5-year-olds have easy access to condoms is now a legislative priority in the Old Line State.
While Democrats claim this bill doesn’t mandate schools install these machines but merely removes penalties, we all know how this works. First, they decriminalize it, then they incentivize it, and finally, they mandate it. The bill has already sailed through the House and is headed to the Senate, where Democrats hold a comfortable majority. If passed, your child’s field trip to the water fountain could soon include a detour past the condom dispenser.
It's really good to know that democrats got the culture messages from the last election and course corrected. https://t.co/xC9PN96heV
— Andrew Wilkow (@WilkowMajority) February 22, 2025
Republican Pushback Met With Progressive Steamrolling
Republican Delegate Kathy Szeliga has been leading the charge against this insanity, appropriately dubbing it the “Condoms for Kiddies” bill. When Republicans offered a reasonable amendment to limit these vending machines to high schools only, Democrats shot it down faster than you can say “parental rights.” Because apparently, the progressive agenda of ensuring elementary schoolers have access to birth control trumps common sense every single time.
“Thanks to HB 380, the “Condoms for Kiddies” bill, your child’s school could soon be a one-stop shop for birth control. What’s next, hormone therapy at recess? This is what happens when the people in charge put ideology over common sense.” – Delegate Kathy Szeliga
Szeliga didn’t mince words when she said Maryland lawmakers have “officially lost their minds.” And she’s absolutely right. What possible justification could there be for making contraceptives available to kindergartners? Are we now assuming 5-year-olds are sexually active and need protection? Or is this just another way for progressives to normalize hypersexualization of children while undermining parental authority?
Condom vending machines for your kindergartner at school? Maryland legislators have lost their minds! Do the Democrats not realize there are people who are struggling to pay for their groceries? https://t.co/2xuqriTaXj
— Laurie Halverson (@HalversonLaurie) February 22, 2025
The Left’s Pathetic Justifications
Of course, supporters of this lunacy are trotting out the usual talking points. They claim it “modernizes reproductive health policies” and improves teen access to contraceptives. Maryland’s Health Secretary Dr. Laura Herrera Scott went so far as to say that criminal penalties for providing contraception create “unnecessary barriers” to “essential public health resources.” They cite the CDC’s support for condom availability in schools and studies showing schools with condom access saw increased contraceptive use without increased sexual activity.
“‘Criminal penalties for providing evidence-based contraception create unnecessary barriers that threaten access to an essential public health resource in Maryland,’ the state’s Health Secretary Dr. Laura Herrera Scott said.”
But let’s get real. There’s a massive difference between high school students and elementary schoolers. What’s next? Needle exchange programs at the jungle gym? Maybe methadone clinics in the cafeteria? Where exactly does this madness end? The bill’s sponsor, Democrat Nicole Williams, hides behind the weak defense that “it’s not dictating what school systems should and shouldn’t do.” This is the same gaslighting technique the left always uses—create the conditions for something radical while claiming they’re not forcing anyone to do anything.
The Broader War On Parental Rights
This condom vending machine bill isn’t happening in isolation. The same Democrat-controlled legislature is simultaneously advancing legislation that would ban parents from removing their children from classes on gender identity and sexual orientation. Meanwhile, Delegate Szeliga’s “Fairness in Girl’s Sports Act,” which would protect female athletes from competing against biological males, was shot down without consideration.
“This bill repeals the misdemeanor prohibition against and associated penalty for selling or offering for sale a contraceptive or contraceptive device by means of a vending machine or other automatic device at a kindergarten, nursery school, elementary school, or secondary school”
The pattern is clear: Democrats are waging an all-out assault on parents’ right to raise their children according to their own values. They want the state to make decisions about your child’s sexuality, gender identity, and access to contraceptives—all while you’re pushed further and further out of the picture. This is government overreach at its most intrusive and dangerous. Parents across Maryland should be outraged and ready to fight back at the ballot box before the progressives start handing out free hormone blockers with school lunch.
