/tags/tampons tampons en-US Copyright Thu, 27 Feb 2020 19:23:01 GMT /news-partners/2020-02-27/scotland-poised-to-become-1st-country-to-make-period-products-free In a few short years, Scotland has turned periods from a stigmatized subject to a selling point. The bill takes aim at "period poverty": when girls and women struggle to access menstrual products. Thu, 27 Feb 2020 19:23:01 GMT /news-partners/2020-02-27/scotland-poised-to-become-1st-country-to-make-period-products-free Laurel Wamsley /news/2019-11-07/dewine-signs-repeal-of-state-sales-tax-on-feminine-hygiene-products Gov. Mike DeWine has signed into law a measure repealing Ohio's sales tax on tampons and other feminine hygiene products.The Republican governor signed鈥� Thu, 07 Nov 2019 13:37:11 GMT /news/2019-11-07/dewine-signs-repeal-of-state-sales-tax-on-feminine-hygiene-products Associated Press /news/2019-10-11/ohio-house-votes-unanimously-to-end-pink-tax-on-feminine-hygiene-products A proposal repealing Ohio's sales tax on tampons and other feminine hygiene products has cleared the Ohio House with unanimous support.State Rep. Brigid鈥� Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:43:26 GMT /news/2019-10-11/ohio-house-votes-unanimously-to-end-pink-tax-on-feminine-hygiene-products Associated Press /news/2019-08-23/columbus-expanding-free-tampons-to-all-city-buildings Columbus is expanding access to free tampons and pads to all municipal buildings. Columbus City Council member Elizabeth Brown announced earlier this鈥� Fri, 23 Aug 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news/2019-08-23/columbus-expanding-free-tampons-to-all-city-buildings /news/2019-07-30/columbus-council-approves-free-tampons-at-all-rec-centers Columbus City Council voted Monday to provide free menstrual products at all the city's recreation centers.After piloting the program in select recreation鈥� Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:15:00 GMT /news/2019-07-30/columbus-council-approves-free-tampons-at-all-rec-centers /news/2019-02-06/bill-to-eliminate-tax-on-feminine-hygiene-products-reintroduced-in-ohio-house Once again, a proposal to eliminate sales tax on feminine hygiene products has resurfaced in the Ohio Legislature. This time, it has bi-partisan鈥� Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:22:37 GMT /news/2019-02-06/bill-to-eliminate-tax-on-feminine-hygiene-products-reintroduced-in-ohio-house Jo Ingles /news/2018-12-06/ohio-house-votes-to-end-tax-on-feminine-hygiene-products Democratic lawmakers in the Ohio House who have been pushing for years to eliminate sales tax for feminine hygiene products were finally able to get it鈥� Thu, 06 Dec 2018 11:26:39 GMT /news/2018-12-06/ohio-house-votes-to-end-tax-on-feminine-hygiene-products Jo Ingles /news-partners/2018-03-25/more-states-move-to-end-tampon-tax-thats-seen-as-discriminating-against-women In many states, menstrual products are subject to a sales tax whereas items like ChapStick are not. It's just one example of women paying a premium, known as the "pink tax," for various products. Sun, 25 Mar 2018 12:01:14 GMT /news-partners/2018-03-25/more-states-move-to-end-tampon-tax-thats-seen-as-discriminating-against-women Ema Sagner /news/2017-10-11/tampon-tax-bill-back-before-ohio-lawmakers Backers of a bill that would exempt feminine hygiene supplies from the state sales tax say it鈥檚 simply not fair that women in Ohio are paying taxes on鈥� Wed, 11 Oct 2017 11:11:17 GMT /news/2017-10-11/tampon-tax-bill-back-before-ohio-lawmakers Jo Ingles /news/2017-07-07/aunt-flow-the-columbus-startup-bringing-tampons-to-the-world Boxes of tampons line the wall of a small warehouse in west Columbus. T-shirts read, 鈥淧eople helping people, period.鈥� And buttons with cartoons of ovaries鈥� Fri, 07 Jul 2017 09:00:00 GMT /news/2017-07-07/aunt-flow-the-columbus-startup-bringing-tampons-to-the-world Erin Gottsacker