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Resources

 * Bennett, Jennifer. "The Tampon Tax: Sales Tax, Menstrual Hygiene Products, and Necessity Exemptions." Business, Entrepreneurship & Tax Law Review, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring 2017, p. 183-215. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/betr1&i=191 . - States attempting to end tampon tax.
 * Crawford, Bridget J., and Emily Gold Waldman. "The Unconstitutional Tampon Tax." University of Richmond Law Review, vol. 53, no. 2, January 2019, p. 439-490. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/urich53&i=461. - States besides New York/Florida that have repealed/changed their tampon tax; Specific suits/cases in New York and Florida
 * Crawford, Bridget J., and Carla Spivack. "Tampon Taxes, Discrimination, and Human Rights." Wisconsin Law Review, vol. 2017, no. 3, 2017, p. 491-550. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/wlr2017&i=507. - Laws in New York/Florida and process of legislation; How tampons were originally classified
 * Do, Christina, et al. "The Tax on Feminine Hygiene Products: Is This Reasonable Policy." Australian Tax Forum, vol. 32, no. 3, 2017, p. 521-540. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/austraxrum32&i=529 . - Australian female hygiene issues
 * Durkin, Abigail. "Profitable Menstruation: How the Cost of Feminine Hygiene Products is a Battle against Reproductive Justice." Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring 2017, p. 131-172. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/grggenl18&i=135. - More about states trying and failing to change their tampon taxes (Utah, Tennessee, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Washington); More statistics
 * Hartman, Victoria. “End the Bloody Taxation: Seeing Red on the Unconstitutional Tax on Tampons.” Northwestern University Law Review, vol. 112, no. 2, Mar. 2017, pp. 313–353. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=126281582&site=ehost-live. - Court cases for specific states.
 * Ooi, Jorene. "Bleeding Women Dry: Tampon Taxes and Menstrual Inequity." Northwestern University Law Review, vol. 113, no. 1, 2018, p. 109-154. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/illlr113&i=119. - Tampon tax cases in the States and certain cities (Chicago, NYC)
 * Rusanova, Viktoriya. "The Sales Tax on Necessities: Call for a Unified Approach." Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, vol. 32, no. 1, 2018, p. 433-454. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/ndlep32&i=441. - History of just sales tax and case of Quill Corp v. North Dakota; Scenario of same woman in different states
 * Seibold, Holly, and Gianna Fienberg. "Free to Bleed: Virginia House Bill 83 and the Dignity of Menstruating Inmates." Richmond Public Interest Law Review, vol. 22, no. 1, 2018, p. 69-88. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/richlapin22&i=81. - Useful statistics about tampon use and costs of this currently; Classifications by FDA and American Medical Association and comparison to men's items
 * Weiss-Wolf, Jennifer. "U.S. Policymaking to Address Menstruation: Advancing an Equity Agenda." William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice, vol. 25, no. 3, Spring 2019, p. 493-526. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/wmjwl25&i=529 . - Tampon tax and legislation across the world

Contribution - New section on page called "Other states"
Many states that have tampon taxes have tried to repeal or eliminate the tax via legislation and have been denied. States such as Utah, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia have introduced legislation. In Utah, Representative Susan Duckworth introduced a bill that would have exempted menstrual hygiene products from sales tax, titled “Hygiene Tax Act”. Products exempted included such items as tampons and disposable diapers. Legal scholars point out that when the bill was sent to the Utah taxation committee to be voted on, eight of the eleven men voted against the bill.

In Ohio, Representative Greta Johnson introduced a bill that would exempt feminine menstrual products from the state's sales tax, but it failed. Later, Johnson and another representative, Representative Brigid Kelly, introduced legislation to exempt items such as panty liners and menstrual cups. This bill also did not pass. Legal scholars note that Ohio women still have to pay around four million dollars each year due to taxes on these items.

In Tennessee, the same bill was sent to the Senate and House to reduce the 7% sales tax on feminine products, defined as “any product to be used by women with respect to menstruation… [including] tampons, pads, liners, [and] cups.” Both the Senate and the House did not pass the bill.

In Virginia, a delegate named Mark Keam introduced House Bill 952. The bill wanted to exempt the same products as Ohio and Utah from the 5.3% sales tax. Like the other two states, the bill was not passed.