Rejected petition make menstrual products free for all women

One in ten teenage girls has, at some point, been unable to afford sanitary products. One in seven has had to borrow tampons or sanitary towels from a friend because they couldn’t afford to buy their own.

.” They estimate that the average lifetime cost of having a period is about £4,800.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/228851

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Date submitted 26 January 2019
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