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18 Geo. J. Gender & L. 131 (2017)
Profitable Menstruation: How the Cost of Feminine Hygiene Products Is a Battle against Reproductive Justice

handle is hein.journals/grggenl18 and id is 135 raw text is: PROFITABLE MENSTRUATION: How THE COST OF FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS IS A BATTLE AGAINST REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE ABIGAL DURKIN* INTRODUCTION ........................................... 132 1. CURRENT EFFORTS .................................... 136 A. STATES UPHOLDING THE TAX ......................... 139 B. STATES ATTEMPTING TO REPEAL OR AMEND THE TAX C ODE ......................................... 143 1. States and City Councils ........................ 147 a. Illinois and Chicago .......................... 147 b. New York State and New York City ............. 148 C. STATES W ITHOUT THE TAX .......................... 150 D. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ............................ 151 E. EFFORTS ABROAD ................................. 153 II. PROPOSED SOLUTIONS ................................. 154 A. CREATING A TAX EXEMPTION FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND PERMITTING THEIR PURCHASE WITHIN FLEX SPENDING ACCOUNTS .............................. 156 B. PERMITTING FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS TO BE PURCHASED WITH SNAP AND W IC ............................. 157 C. PROVIDING FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS IN PRISONS, SHELTERS, AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS ...................... 159 1. Prisons ..................................... 160 2. Shelters .................................... 162 3. Schools .................................... 163 D. INCLUDING FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS WITHIN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT'S CONTRACEPTION MANDATE ......... 164 III. ISSUES AND THE OPPOSITION ............................. 165 A. STATE REGULATION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH ................... 165 B. FEDERALISM CONCERNS ............................ 167 C. PREDICTABLE TAXATION AND BUDGETARY CONCERNS ....... 168 D. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ......................... 170 C ONCLUSION ............................................ 171 * DePaul University College of Law, J.D. 2017; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, B.A. 2014. Many thanks to Professor Sumi Cho for her guidance and insight during the creation of this Note in conjunction with her Feminist Jurisprudence Seminar. I thank the staff of the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law for their work. © 2017, Abigail Durkin.

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