“Period poverty is the inability to afford feminine hygiene products. For example, Kaas said the minimum wage in the state is $7.25 an hour, but the average cost for one box of tampons is $7– after tax it’s almost $7.60.

Now due to inflation, the price per box increased.

‘Essentially, you’re asking wage workers to work more than an hour to just be able to afford something medically necessary,’ Andrea Elizondo, Texas Menstrual Equity Coalition co-founder said.”