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"Daily News" featured Pace University's Law Professor Bridget J. Crawford in "Australia removes ‘Tampon Tax’ - feminine hygiene products no longer ‘non-essential"
...Despite arguments the levies should remain for fiscal reasons, Pace University Law Professor Bridget J. Crawford said no state is in jeopardy of “collapse” over the loss of tampon taxation.
“There is no state that depends on women’s menstruation to keep going,” Crawford said.
She echoed estimates that a woman could easily pay more than $700 on tampon taxes alone over her lifetime.
Australia’s decision to remove the tax follows just months after India ruled to remove its “tampon tax” in July.
Crawford said Australia’s move to abolish the tax is a “small change” that could make a “huge practical and symbolic difference.”
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