'A human being should not have to choose between food and tampons.'
"Tampon taxes" often trigger debate. Opponents of repealing the tampon tax cite lost revenue and suggest it could encourage efforts to repeal taxes on other necessary hygiene items, such as toilet paper or diapers, leading to even more revenue losses. Proponents argue that these taxes disproportionately penalize women, especially low-income women.was shocked to learn from a female staffer that his city taxed tampons and pads.
Davis stacked boxes of tampons, pads, liners and wipes in the middle of long wooden tables. An enormous cardboard box was filled with women's underwear. Each cloth bag would get 40 tampons, 20 pads, 20 liners, six pairs of underwear and wipes. "It should not be so expensive and so hard," said Liz McGhee, 54, a volunteer from Denver, who worried that some low-income women in her community can't afford menstrual supplies on a monthly basis. She had bought $125 worth of tampons and pads at Walgreens to help build kits.
"Period supplies are some of the least donated items to food pantries and shelters," said Samantha Bell, director of the Connecticut-basedDavis said he's hoping to change that while also reducing the stigma, one Period Kit at a time in Denver."A period is not gross or disgusting," he said."It needs to be treated with the respect it deserves."
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