'Scotland will not be the last country to make period poverty history — but it now has a chance to be the first.'
“Scotland will not be the last country to make period poverty history — but it now has a chance to be the first.”New legislation, expected to be voted in today, will make pads and tampons freely available in public buildings to all women and girls.
Scottish Labour MSP Monica Lennon said that the Bill, which she has supported since its inception, is now in its final stages. “I am optimistic that we will complete that ground-breaking journey today. Scotland will not be the last country to make period poverty history — but it now has a chance to be the first.
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