Rejected petition Ban taxes on women's sanitary products & make them free for people on low income

Rhianna Malone's Facebook status states how much money women are spending per year because they have to, not because they want to. Sanitary products are something that women NEED, they are not a 'luxury' item. Tampons & pads should be organic as they contain unnecessary, dangerous ingredients.

More details

https://www.facebook.com/rhiannaarraawwrr/posts/893472947396222
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/grocery-categories/sanitary_towels_in_aldi.html
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/05/22/feminine-hygiene-products.aspx

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/105172

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/106063

If you would like to focus on your request for free sanitary products for women on low incomes, you could start a petition specifically about that.

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Date submitted 28 October 2015
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