Period products aren’t free or accessible in schools. Students want to make that happen
“Free and accessible period products at school are one route to ensuring student’s academic achievement and attendance in schools, advocates say. While many people agree that all teens can’t afford menstrual products, there isn’t consensus about the solution. The disagreement shows up in patchy state and local laws, in absence of requirements to provide period products in federal law or guidance and in resistance from some school leaders and administrators. Utah is now one of a few states that requires schools to have period products readily available in female and unisex school bathrooms. But many teens are scrambling to get by in states where there isn’t similar legislation.”