Scotland Becomes First Country To Make Menstrual Products Accessible For Free

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Scotland has become the first country to make menstrual products accessible for free

that the passage of the bill would make it “clear that everyone in this chamber agrees that no one in our society should have to suffer the indignity of not having the means to meet their basic needs and that being able to access period products is fundamental to equality and dignity.”A study published earlier this year found that almost one-third of girls and women between the ages of 14 and 21 struggled either induring the country’s first lockdown as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Although it will be up to local officials on the ground to help implement the legislation, the bill’s financial memorandum estimates that the program will cost Scotland around

 

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