Petition · past parliament

To prevent money from Womens Sanitary products going towards pro-life charities.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

To make sure that any tax collected through women's sanitary products do not go towards any group that utilises their funding in such a way that discriminates against women who have chosen abortion over those who have decided to carry their child to term.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/01/tampon-tax-anti-abortion-group-anger

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/aug/02/abortion-pregnancy-counselling-found-wanting

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/25/labour-challenge-anti-abortion-group

https://lifecharity.org.uk/

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

2 Apr 2017 Petition opened for signatures
11 Apr 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Apr 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.