Free and accessible period products at school are one route to ensuring student's academic achievement and attendance in schools, advocates say. While many people agree that all teens can't afford menstrual products, there isn't consensus about the solution. The disagreement shows up in patchy state and local laws, in absence of requirements to provide period products in federal law or guidance and in resistance from some school leaders and administrators. In one 2021 survey of 1,010 teenagers, two groups found that nearly a quarter of them "have struggled to afford period products, and the pandemic has only heightened barriers." A 2019 survey showed that more than four in five teenagers have "either missed class time or know a classmate who missed class time because they did not have access to period products." Visit the link in our bio to learn more.