PRINTER'S NO. 4524
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1055
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY YOUNGBLOOD, HILL-EVANS, McCLINTON, RABB, KINSEY,
BURGOS, GALLOWAY, HOWARD, LONGIETTI, O'MARA AND GREEN,
OCTOBER 19, 2020
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 19, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing October 10, 2020, as "National Period Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, "National Period Day" brings attention to period
poverty by demanding better accessibility of period products in
this Commonwealth and across the United States; and
WHEREAS, According to the Alliance for Period Supplies,
Period, Inc., No More Secrets Mind Body Spirit, Inc., and the
Red Box Project, nonprofits and advocacy groups that fight to
end period poverty throughout the country and worldwide, one in
four women struggle to afford period products due to a lack of
income; and
WHEREAS, According to a recent study of low-income women,
nearly two-thirds were unable to afford period products at some
point over the course of a year, and 21% of these women lacked
supplies on a monthly basis; and
WHEREAS, Thirty states still have a sales tax on period
products considering them nonessential items; and
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