Ok, but you’ve missed the point.

Condoms aren’t just given to men. Everyone–regardless of age, gender or orientation–has sex and needs protection.

You can easily have sex without a condom. That is the issue. If you are young, poor, uneducated, or just inconvenienced by having to buy a condom, then you won’t do it. Plain and simple. But you can still have sex. When you have sex without a condom, all parties are risking exposure to STIs, HIV, HPV, pregnancy, etc. Many of these diseases are incurable or very expensive to treat.

What happens if you don’t wear a tampon or pad during your period? Yes, its gross and you can’t help it, but it won’t get anyone pregnant or spread disease.

I’m assuming most of you can afford tampons and pads, since a pack runs about $5-8 and lasts a month(or one period). Now that’s not a lot per person, but for the government to supply it requires taxes being taken away from libraries, schools, welfare, and other government funded programs that we require more than hygiene products.

Now, if you can’t afford tampons or pads, then great fucking news

The diva cup runs $30. It lasts five years. Why have the government pay for your pads and tampons when you can just buy one of these and use it for years?

Condoms are free because we fucking need them to be free. We need people to use them for the love of god. Free condoms have helped lower HIV, unwanted pregnancy & STI rates. Free condoms ensure that lower class, impoverished people are still able to engage is safe sexual activity without the fear of getting pregnant or contracting an STI.