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Tampon Shortage: Yet Another ‘War on Women’

Tampon Shortage: Yet Another ‘War on Women’
Two remaining boxes of Tampax tampons are seen on a shelf at a store in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Salena Zito
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BEAVER, Pennsylvania—If you were looking to purchase tampons here at the Beaver Super Market along Third Street, the city’s Main Street business district, the manager says there has been a shortage for a while. When he does get them in, they are gone by midday.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
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