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Actor Ashton Kutcher, a father of two, complained on Facebook nearly four years ago about the lack of baby changing stations in men's rooms.

\"There are NEVER diaper changing stations in mens public restrooms,\" he wrote. \"The first public men's room that I go into that has one gets a free shout out on my FB page! #BeTheChange.\"

A similar frustration prompted a Florida man, Scotty Schrier, to create Dads Who Change Diapers, a website that acts as a support group for men attempting to locate diaper changing stations around the United States.

\"If dads don't have changing tables, what can they do to change diapers? I've seen them run the gamut,\" Schrier, 43, told ABC News in 2016. \"I've personally had to change my oldest son when he was standing up in a sink because it was all we had. I've had to take the kids back out to the car. I've seen dads say, 'Well, I don't care. I'll just change the kid on the table in the restaurant.'\"

More recently, the U.S. Senate passed a measure in October that requires large and medium-sized airports to offer changing tables in both men's and women's bathrooms.

Former President Barack Obama signed into law in 2016 the Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation (BABIES) Act, which requires that both men’s and women’s restrooms in publicly accessible federal buildings contain baby changing tables.

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