El Salvador
![[Photo: Evelyn Hernandez speaks looks on during an event.]](https://rewire.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/evelyn_1-530x350.jpg)
![[Photo: A group of Latinx protestors rally in favor of women's rights.]](https://rewire.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/El-salvador_2-530x350.jpg)
![[Photo: Alba Lorena Rodriguez Santos, Cinthia Marcela Rodriguez Ayala and Maria del Tránsito Orellana Martínez hold hands and smile.]](https://rewire.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/el-salvador-women-530x350.jpg)
![[Photo: Evelyn Hernández Cruz's family members hug her as she is released from prison.]](https://rewire.news/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/evelyn_1-530x350.jpg)
![[Photo: Salvadoran women and children take part in a demonstration to demand the decriminalization of abortion]](https://rewire.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GettyImages-644632836-530x350.jpg)
![[Photo: Teodora del Carmen Vasquez with her father and mother as she leaves the prison.]](https://rewire.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_7450-530x350.jpg)
![[Photo: An illustration of a variety of menstrual products in the background. In the foreground the word 'TAX' is scratched out in red.]](https://rewire.news/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/tax-01-530x350.jpg)
How We Can Take Down the Tampon Tax and End Period Poverty
As of April 1, Ohio is the latest state to stop charging a "tampon tax"—but the state of period poverty across the United States remains dire.
As of April 1, Ohio is the latest state to stop charging a "tampon tax"—but the state of period poverty across the United States remains dire.