Submitted on Friday 15th December 2017
Rejected on Monday 18th December 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Making sanitary products free for everyone who needs them
We want sanitary products to be free for anyone who needs them because they are a necessity for many people. People do not have a choice as to whether they menstruate and so do not have any choice but to spend a huge amount of money over their lifetime on sanitary items.
On average people who menstruate spend more than £18,000 on having periods in their lifetime. This may only be spent in small amounts at a time, but in the long run is an insane amount of money to spend on something that is not your choice. You should be able to go to your GP and ask for the products that you need in the same way that you can with birth control. Also, like birth control, they should still be for sale in stores for people who have particular brand preferences.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/205846
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