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Periods for Pence is an online campaign encouraging abortion-rights activists to direct detailed descriptions of their menstrual cycles toward Republican Governor of Indiana Mike Pence to protest his support of legislation restricting women's reproductive freedom.

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In March 2016, Pence signed into law Indiana's controversial House Bill 1337,[4] which barred doctors from performing abortion operations conducted due to the race, gender or abnormality of the fetus. On March 28th, the Periods for Pence Facebook[1] page was created to encourage critics of the new law to contact Pence with descriptions of their menstrual cycles (shown below). Within four months, the page gained over 67,600 likes.

"source":https://www.facebook.com/Periods4Pence/

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Also in late March 2016, the @PeriodsforPence[2] Twitter feed was launched. In the coming weeks, many Twitter users posted various reports about the periods to Pence's account (shown below).

"source":https://twitter.com/AprilLidinsky/status/716249794230915075
"source":https://twitter.com/Sasha827/status/717542933046493189

On April 7th, The New York Times[3] published an article about the online campaign, followed by NPR[5] the next day. On July 15th, 2016, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced that Pence had been selected as his running made in the upcoming presidential election. Following the announcement, the campaign saw a large resurgence on Twitter along with the hashtag #PeriodsforPence[10] (shown below).

"source":https://twitter.com/abadnfluenz/status/754853891720773632 "source":https://twitter.com/abadnfluenz/status/754853891720773632 "source":https://twitter.com/taradublinrocks/status/754816987289661440

Meanwhile, the @TamponsForTrump[9] Twitter feed was launched in protest of Pence's selection as Trump's running mate. In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the campaign, including The Daily Dot,[5] Yahoo News,[6] Raw Story[7] and Bustle.[8]

"source":https://twitter.com/TamponsForTrump

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[1] Facebook – Periods for Pence

[2] Twitter – periodsforpence

[3] The New York Times – Periods for Pence Campaign

[4] Iga.in.gov – House Bill 1337

[5] NPR – Periods As Protest

[5] The Daily Dot – Women are trolling Trumps VP pick

[6] Yahoo News – Periods for Pence Meet Tampons for Trump

[7] Raw Story – Women are flooding Trump campaign HQ with menstruation questions

[8] Bustle – Periods For Pence Has Come Back With A Vengeance

[9] Twitter – Tampons For Trump

[10] Twitter – #PeriodsForPence

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About

Periods for Pence is an online campaign encouraging abortion-rights activists to direct detailed descriptions of their menstrual cycles toward Republican Governor of Indiana Mike Pence to protest his support of legislation restricting women's reproductive freedom.

Origin

In March 2016, Pence signed into law Indiana's controversial House Bill 1337,[4] which barred doctors from performing abortion operations conducted due to the race, gender or abnormality of the fetus. On March 28th, the Periods for Pence Facebook[1] page was created to encourage critics of the new law to contact Pence with descriptions of their menstrual cycles (shown below). Within four months, the page gained over 67,600 likes.


"source":https://www.facebook.com/Periods4Pence/

Spread

Also in late March 2016, the @PeriodsforPence[2] Twitter feed was launched. In the coming weeks, many Twitter users posted various reports about the periods to Pence's account (shown below).


"source":https://twitter.com/AprilLidinsky/status/716249794230915075 "source":https://twitter.com/Sasha827/status/717542933046493189

On April 7th, The New York Times[3] published an article about the online campaign, followed by NPR[5] the next day. On July 15th, 2016, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced that Pence had been selected as his running made in the upcoming presidential election. Following the announcement, the campaign saw a large resurgence on Twitter along with the hashtag #PeriodsforPence[10] (shown below).


"source":https://twitter.com/abadnfluenz/status/754853891720773632 "source":https://twitter.com/abadnfluenz/status/754853891720773632 "source":https://twitter.com/taradublinrocks/status/754816987289661440

Meanwhile, the @TamponsForTrump[9] Twitter feed was launched in protest of Pence's selection as Trump's running mate. In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the campaign, including The Daily Dot,[5] Yahoo News,[6] Raw Story[7] and Bustle.[8]


"source":https://twitter.com/TamponsForTrump

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External References

[1] Facebook – Periods for Pence

[2] Twitter – periodsforpence

[3] The New York Times – Periods for Pence Campaign

[4] Iga.in.gov – House Bill 1337

[5] NPR – Periods As Protest

[5] The Daily Dot – Women are trolling Trumps VP pick

[6] Yahoo News – Periods for Pence Meet Tampons for Trump

[7] Raw Story – Women are flooding Trump campaign HQ with menstruation questions

[8] Bustle – Periods For Pence Has Come Back With A Vengeance

[9] Twitter – Tampons For Trump

[10] Twitter – #PeriodsForPence

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Woah woah woah WOAH! This article is leaving out one of the huge reasons this was started: said bill said that any miscarried or aborted fetus had to be cremated regardless of how old it was (or incur penalty), and taken to the logical extreme, this could also include fertilized eggs which didn't attach to the uterine wall and are expelled during menstruation. So yes, the logical extreme would be that women would have had to cremate their periods. This desperately needs to be added to the article

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