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Poll: Should tampons be subsidised?

Reporter Rotorua News

Hi neighbours,
Pharmac has today announced that it will not help pay for tampons and pads, following a request earlier in the year for funding for all women's sanitary items.
The Government drug-buying agency rejected the request on the grounds that sanitary products were not medicines.
READ MORE: www.stuff.co.nz...
What do you think? Should sanitary items like tampons , being partially government funded?
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Should tampons be subsidised?
  • 65.2% Yes
    65.2% Complete
  • 34.8% No
    34.8% Complete
46 votes
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