RESOLUTION NO. ______________, SERIES 2022
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A RESOLUTION CALLING ON KENTUCKY LEGISLATORS TO PASS A MEASURE ELIMINATING THE SALES AND USE TAX ON FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCIL MEMBERS MCCRANEY, CHAMBERS ARMSTRONG, ARTHUR, DORSEY AND SHANKLIN
WHEREAS, feminine hygiene products are defined as products used for menstruating, including tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups, and sanitary napkins;
WHEREAS, menstrual products are vital for the health, well-being and full participation of women and girls in society;
WHEREAS, inadequate menstrual support is associated with both health and psycho-social issues, and a lack of access to menstrual products can cause emotional duress, physical infection, and disease (See Sumpter, Colin & Torondel, Belen, "A Systematic Review of the Health and Social Effects of Menstrual Hygeine Management," PLOS One 8, no. 4 (2013): 1, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371 /journal.pone.0062004&type=printable);
WHEREAS, each woman is estimated to spend over $1,000 over the course of their lifetime on feminine hygiene products, a cost which is a necessity of life and due to a routine bodily function which may often cause pain and discomfort which can prohibit many women from attending work or school;
WHEREAS, according to a Fortune Magazine article published in 2019, women in the United States are estimated to spend an additional $150 million per year on sales taxes on feminine hygiene products;
WHEREAS, data from the Institute for Women's Policy Research ranks Kentucky as the third worst in the nation for women's employment and earnings; and
WHEREAS, that same organization estimated that 13% of Kentucky women live in poverty, and 44.5% of employed single mothers live in poverty; and
WHEREAS, the cost of feminine hygiene products including taxes on these products place an additi...
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