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Bleeding Women Dry: Tampon Taxes And Menstrual Inequity, Jorene Ooi
Bleeding Women Dry: Tampon Taxes And Menstrual Inequity, Jorene Ooi
Northwestern University Law Review
In recent years, the problem of menstrual inequity has attracted increased attention. Most states impose a sales tax on menstrual hygiene products—a “tampon tax.” A burgeoning social movement has sought to end the tampon tax, and lawmakers have taken notice by introducing, and in some cases successfully passing, measures to repeal the tax by exempting menstrual hygiene products from the sales tax. This Note evaluates, from a tax policy standpoint, the pros and cons of repealing the tampon tax. It argues that although repeal is usually undesirable as a matter of tax design, the tax should nevertheless be repealed both …