Government Reaches Into Ladies’ Undies To Shake Down Women-Owned Businesses

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Government Reaches Into Ladies’ Undies To Shake Down Women-Owned Businesses

Apparently, menstrual pads are ‘medical devices,’ which means the government thinks it needs to tell women which we are allowed to use and how.

 

JANUARY 8, 2015 By Kimberly Hart

up over a newly discovered (i.e. suddenly enforced) federal regulation. This time, it’s cloth menstrual pads. Yes, guys, they exist. They can come in cute patterns and colors, be made to order, and are oh, so comfy. Like the rebirth of cloth diapers in myriad adorable, cozy, eco-friendly forms, cloth pads (sometimes called “mama-cloth”) offer an alternative to the landfill-stuffing, sometimes chemical-laden and uncomfortable disposable options lining grocery store shelves.

 

You may be surprised to learn that menstrual pads, both disposable and reusable, are classified as “medical devices”, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), “intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure or function of the body.”