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“It isn’t only an issue of fairness or even of affordability,” said Grace Leavitt, president of the Maine Education Association. “Having access to menstrual products can help to positively impact a girl’s confidence and thus even affect her future.”
Advocates told the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs that many youngsters struggle to pay for sanitary products such as tampons and pads. As many as one in four have missed classes as a result, they said.
But for many of those testifying, it’s also an issue of equity.
“Half of the population get their period, and so we should at least be able to supply items to help them,” said 11-year-old Astrid Whitton, a South Portland sixth grader.
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