http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20191206-060520-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/access-to-menstrual-products-is-a-constitutional-right-period/ Access to Menstrual Products is a Constitutional Right. Period. - On Period Poverty and the (Un)Constitutionality of Tampon Tax Eskitaşçıoğlu, İlayda eng 2019-12-05 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Discrimination Human Rights Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 On 7 November, the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed a legislation which will reduce the sales tax on menstrual products from 19 percent, for those classified as “luxury goods”, to 7 percent. While most international human rights instruments as well as constitutions are silent on the issue of access to menstrual products, the “tampon tax” reveals a deep gender bias in tax systems around the world. This bias is not only detrimental to the socio-economic rights of women but it is also unconstitutional as sex-based discrimination.