Free period products in Scotland
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November 25, 2020 at 10:48 am #209947
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Thank you to everyone who has campaigned for period dignity and to my MSP colleagues for backing the Bill tonight.
A proud day for Scotland and a signal to the world that free universal access to period products can be achieved. #freeperiodproducts đŽó §ó ąó łó Łó Žó ż https://t.co/NC3e97jPuQ
— Monica Lennon MSP (@MonicaLennon7) November 24, 2020
November 25, 2020 at 11:34 am #209950Young Master Smeet
ModeratorIt’s nice to see some good news on this forum: obviously, we’ll have to see which councils obstruct this or cut costs (administrative foot dragging is an art, much as with yesterday’s story about civil service obstruction of Freedom of information requests (https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/uk-government-running-orwellian-unit-to-block-release-of-sensitive-information/)).
But, nonetheless, there’s no need to be curmudgeonly about this, a genuine advance.
November 25, 2020 at 12:16 pm #209951alanjjohnstone
KeymasterThe legislation is specific as my post on this explains if you scroll down đ
It will be for the countryâs 32 councils to decide what practical arrangements are put in place, but they must give âanyone who needs themâ access to different types of period products âreasonably easilyâ and with âreasonable dignityâ.
November 25, 2020 at 12:29 pm #209953Young Master Smeet
ModeratorThere’s a law that councils must run an “efficient and comprehensive” library services, that the courts gutted by interpreting “efficient” as relative to the scale of the council’s spending. The courts will have to decide “reasonable” here (and the councils will decide the quality).  The FOI law is quite clear as well…
November 25, 2020 at 2:22 pm #209967james19
ParticipantAJ I didnât see your Forum post, oops. I think it was because I didnât see something about this on SOYMB?
November 25, 2020 at 6:47 pm #209972alanjjohnstone
Keymaster I didnât see something about this on SOYMB?
Because it’s posted on the Scottish branch blog Socialist Courier
Socialist Courier: Everything free for everybody (socialist-courier.blogspot.com)
January 2, 2021 at 12:52 am #211925james19
ParticipantAs of midnight last night, (31/12/2020) the âsexiestâ (not my choice of words) tampon tax, in the UK, was abolished, in the so-called fight against âperiod povertyâ. Meaning 7p less for a 20 pack of tampons, 5p off for a 12 pack.
I donât know if I should raise this here? This has been reported in this monthâs Socialist Standard, the back page.
The author (countercurrent.org) fails to address the obvious alternative of medically approved methods of menstrual suppression, where the need for pads, etc., is reduced or eliminated. Such alternatives are not free and do not register on the reformist radar.
âThe plight of women in India, where 70% say they canât afford sanitary pads…..â
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Just throwing this out…? As India produces cheap generic drugs. Why not in this instance?
In Socialism it goes without saying whichever method is preferred i.e. a real freedom of choice, it would not be dependent on ability to pay, but available for free, free access!
Activists cheer as ‘sexist’ tampon tax is scrapped https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55502252
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