To no one’s surprise, Republican legislators have found yet another way to target young women: menstrual products. Caroline Dillon, a senior at Spaulding High School in Rochester, N.H., approached then state Sen. Martha Hennessey (D-5) with a mock-up of a bill that would mandate New Hampshire middle and high schools […]
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Scotland is the first country to address “period poverty”
Photo courtesy of Marco Verch, Flickr Scotland has recently passed legislation to make all period products free, and it’s about time someone led the way. Their bill to create free access to menstrual products hopes to address what they call “period poverty,” or the inability to afford suitable menstrual products. Like […]