The Scottish parliament is due on Tuesday to approve plans to make sanitary products freely available to all women, making it the first nation in the world to do so.
The legislation would make products such as tampons and sanitary pads free for all women in Scotland, available at designated public places such as community centres, youth clubs and pharmacies.The Period Products Scotland Bill was proposed by Scottish lawmaker Monica Lennon, who first submitted a draft proposal in 2017.Lennon said “These are not luxury items.
A consultation document proposed modeling the scheme on the card-based system for free condoms, where users register for a free card or voucher to exchange for the products.Scotland’s Communities Secretary, Aileen Campbell, said, “We will continue our world-leading action promoting wider period dignity through a certification scheme to encourage organisations to provide free products.’’Sanitary products in the United Kingdom are currently taxed at 5 percent the so-called “tampon tax’’.
The government announced it would drop the tax in 2016, but this has not happened yet, the issue having been pushed to the sidelines during the Brexit process.
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