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Access to Care

For Underprivileged Women, Menstruation Is More Than A Monthly Inconvenience

While serving time in jail, Emma King had to go to great lengths to find something as common as tampons. She and other women in prison eventually learned…
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New York Aims To Become The Next State To Toss The Tampon Tax

Fred Mogul

If 2015 was the year of the period, 2016 may be the year when women have to pay less for sanitary supplies, or even get them for free. Some state, local and federal legislators are pushing for change.
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Making Menstruation Less Of A Hassle For Homeless Women

Jake Harper

In the latest episode of Sick, a podcast from Side Effects Public Media, journalist Lisa De Bode got curious about how homeless women deal with…

Sick Season 2

Incarcerated people are some of the sickest people in our country. Many have chronic conditions such as diabetes or lung disease. And they’re far more likely to suffer from mental illness and addiction. On Season 2 of Sick, listen to stories of what goes wrong in corrections facilities — places meant to keep people healthy, but built to punish them.

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