evidence: The tampon tax, which taxes menstrual products as non-essential items, places an additional burden on people who menstruate and discriminates against them by making items crucial for everyday life unaffordable for some. [...] Ireland is the only EU country that did not charge the tampon tax upon joining the EU because it did not have one before. Germany also reclassified menstrual products as necessary items and reduced the tampon tax from 19% to 7% in 2019. After years of activists campaigning and protesting against the discriminatory fee on menstrual products, menstrual products are now tax-exempt in the UK.