These are the U.S. states that tax women for having periods (FUSION)

Photo by Josefin on Unsplash

Photo by Josefin on Unsplash

Thanks to public pressure, Canada just became the first country to axe the "tampon tax"—the sales tax imposed on tampons, sanitary napkins, and other feminine hygiene products. Now, more and more women in countries like the U.K., Australia—and the U.S.—are demanding their governments do the same.

Back in 2015 I researched the tax laws of every state in the U.S. to find out which states tax women for the periods (at the time, this had never been done and my work was cited in Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post and others).

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