Female sanitary products have been available in Scotland since last year.
In Italy, there were discussions about this last year, too. It is an economic burden to women, a burden that men don't have! As a result, the VAT on those product was reduced from 22% to 10%, but we are far from making them available for free! As a comparison, medical aids (like prosthetics, hearing aids, eyeglasses) are taxed at 4%.
Here in Argentina they are very affordable, I buy the best I can with little money. I stock up whenever the exchange is good and the stock is available. I re-stock every 6 months. I friend just brought over from Italy a 4-pack of Tampax, totaling 96 tampons - the cost was €29. I am good for over one year.
I was talking about it with my mother, and she said that when she was young, only OB tampons were available in Italy (the same still available here, with no applicators) and she was not comfortable using them. It was only when Tampax launched the application ones that she was finally able to use internal tampons! Mind you, my mom is turning 69 this year... Argentina is still back 40 years on its own! IMPORT TAMPAX!!!
