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Scotland Set to Be First Country to Provide Free Pads and Tampons Its Parliament approved a bill that would make Scotland the first country to end “period poverty.” Image Sanitary products for sale at a supermarket in Glasgow. Credit... Jane Barlow/Press Association, via Getty Images Share on Facebook

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LONDON — Scotland is poised to become the first country to end “period poverty” by providing free sanitary products to women of all ages in the country.

Free menstrual products are already available to students in high schools, colleges and universities in Scotland. And a bill passed by the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday will make pads and tampons free across the board.

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