Texas is one of 23 states to recently eliminate the tax on period products, a sales tax that would have amounted to more than $28.5 million annually, but some supporters still want more.
Despite the change, some advocates say the state is still not doing enough.
Suggesting that the next step is to provide free menstrual products in all city and state buildings, especially public schools.
They say when women don't have access to period products they can resort to often dangerous and unhygienic methods of dealing with their period, or even develop social anxiety.
A survey from feminine hygiene companies Thinkx and Period reports two-thirds of teens in the U.S. have felt stress due to a lack of access to period products.
They believe 'Period poverty' is a public health crisis that people don't like to talk about because periods are considered a taboo topic, and say if we aren't willing to fully acknowledge and talk about periods, then we can't help women, girls, and menstruators in need live their lives with dignity,
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