This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition To prevent money from Womens Sanitary products going towards pro-life charities.
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To make sure that any tax collected through women's sanitary products do not go towards any group that utilises their funding in such a way that discriminates against women who have chosen abortion over those who have decided to carry their child to term.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/01/tampon-tax-anti-abortion-group-anger
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/aug/02/abortion-pregnancy-counselling-found-wanting
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/25/labour-challenge-anti-abortion-group
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/193899
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