Shoppers in Texas no longer have to pay a sales tax on menstrual products, making the state one of the few in the nation to eliminate the so-called “tampon tax.”

A new law that went into effect Friday eliminates the sales tax on feminine hygiene products including items like tampons, menstrual pads and menstrual cups.

In addition to menstrual products, the law, S.B. 379, also eliminates the sales tax on family care items including diapers, baby bottles, baby wipes, maternity clothing and breast milk pump products.

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    Wait, this will disproportionately help women, what is Texas doing?

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      I think I figured it out.

      Since every other law is attempting to force women to be stay at home moms, men are having to foot the bill for menstrual products, and we can’t be burdening men with such women problems.

      OR Republican Texas men don’t know what tampons are for because sex ed in Texas, so the women who sponsored it lied and said it’s for babies.

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        Looking at the bill, a brief glance would make it seem that all it does is eliminate taxes for some stuff. You’d have to actually read it to find out what stuff it eliminates taxes on, which most Republicans won’t do. They see fewer taxes and they vote yes.

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        A far too large group of people think tampons can be safely used for gunshot wounds, and this is Texas we’re talking about so…

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          Weren’t modern pads invented by military nurses using bandages? I see how that factoid could give people the wrong idea

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        Still doesn’t make sense. Any man with a kid and half a clue knows that they don’t bleed when they’re pregnant. Thus, tampons are only necessary when women aren’t fulfilling their wifely duties, barefoot and pregnant.

        I mean, it really was seeming like the GOP wants every woman to be carrying their spawn (against their will) from menarche to menopause.

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        Texas does something nice

        Half the thread: Let’s find some reason to bash on Texas!

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      Maybe they figure they should try to help out since they’re trying to force women into pregnancies against their will.

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      Oh don’t worry it got bundled with a bunch of other bull shit look up Death Star law if your not already aware

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      I really want to have a positive outlook about this type of thing because I do want to help people. That being said there is nothing stopping retail from marking the price back up to what it would’ve been with the sales tax and just pocketing the extra.

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        Something… Something… competition. Something… Something… capitalism.

        Yeah, no, you’re correct that’s what they’ll do.

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      According to the links, the law was sponsored by Donna Howard (Dem) and Angie Button (Rep). Said 13 yays and 4 abstained from the financial committee.

      Hopefully women constituents from both sides encouraged their reps to push forward.

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    I’m sure there’s some Republican politician someplace in Texas saying that women have the ability to shut their periods down if they try, and they don’t need socialist tampons.

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    This look to me like an advocacy group successfully advocating for common sense legislation:

    “Advocates for menstrual equity who oppose a tax on menstrual products say the taboo around menstruation and the lack of access to menstrual products hurts women economically because it costs them money for products and may keep them from attending jobs and school. Poor menstrual hygiene poses health risks for women, including reproductive issues and urinary tract infections.”

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    GOP is simply trying to make the state unwelcoming to progressives and move out the ones that can/will, just so there’s no chance of losing the state to the left. FL and other many other GOP states are doing the same - simple as that: electoral votes.