| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Short Attention Span Theater- |
| Non-Gov't St. Louis Diaper Bank will provide feminine hygiene products to low-income women |
| 2019-01-22 |
| [St. Louis Post Dispatch] You can’t buy them with food stamps, and Medicaid doesn’t cover them, but tampons and pads are a necessity for women’s health, advocates say. Starting in April, the new St. Louis Alliance for Period Supplies plans to distribute free menstrual products to women who need them. A recent survey of 183 low-income women showed that nearly two-thirds can’t always afford pads or tampons, according to St. Louis University. The women reported substituting diapers, rags or paper towels during their periods. Some said they had resorted to stealing pads or collecting them from local emergency rooms. "Women are resourceful, and they make do, but making do for your whole cycle the entire month affects your sense of self and your dignity," said Anne Sebert Kuhlmann, an associate professor of behavioral science and health education at SLU who led the study published in the February issue of the medical journal Obstetrics and Gynecology. Link to Diaper Bank |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Gomez, they never have such a thought because they have no need for freedom. Just like pampered pets "no worries, mate". |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-01-22 13:45 |
| #3 Imagine having your every need met, from cradle to grave. Imagine never having to think or worry or never having to try and fail. In that instance you should become aware that you have been reduced to an animal, you are no more free than the slave in the Roman Empire. I wonder how many of them have such a thought in their whole existence? They certainly should have plenty of free time to ponder it. |
| Posted by: Gomez Elmolurong6499 2019-01-22 12:01 |
| #2 necessity for women’s health, advocates say. Advocates say lots of things, most of them aren't true. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-01-22 10:54 |
| #1 Wash that thang... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-01-22 08:38 |