Women voice opinions on health-related issues
When it comes to outreach to women, an elected official and retailer have discovered this demographic has its own style of opining about their menstrual cycles.
The old wives’ tales and references to “Aunt Flo” and “my friend” are out the door these days. Menses seems to be making headlines with very direct language sprinkled with sarcasm and light humor.
First, the serious.
This month, politics wreaked havoc on the telephones in Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s office. Pence recently signed a controversial abortion law that’s opposed by pro-choice advocates. The new policy bans terminations due to the race or gender of the fetus, or genetic abnormalities, as was reported by Fox News. The mandate also states that fetal remains be cremated or buried.
Enter the period. Critics of the law mobilized their disdain in the form of telephone calls to the governor’s office:
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