It's occurred me to the "real reason" why Republicans are freaking over

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21. Pads are messy and far more uncomfortable

They stick to hairs and skin when the blood dries because you can't go to the bathroom immediately to change it. Like all those times I was sitting there with a pad gluing to my pubic area because I was stuck on a school bus. Unless you could shower immediately, you were then stuck with clots of blood stuck somewhere and scratching you all day.

I hated them, and didn't use them unless I was having super-heavy periods or, later, hemorrhaging from cancer.