Legislation introduced in the Illinois House would attempt to normalize CPR on women by introducing female manikins for secondary school CPR training.
Capitol News Illinois reports the idea for the legislation began with a Naperville High School senior Ashlynn Goldstein.
Her capstone project in high school examines why disparities exist in the performance of CPR between men and women.
Women are 27 percent less likely to receive bystander CPR than men because of hesitancy to follow protocol, fueled by fears of inappropriate touching according to the Journal of the American Heart Association.
