(FILES) This photograph shows a Luneale menstrual cup, in Courseulles-sur-Mer, northwestern France on April 4, 2023. The French government promised on April 16, 2026, that reimbursement for reusable sanitary products, including period panties and menstrual cups, for women under the age of 26 and those on the lowest incomes, will come into effect at the start of the new academic year. In France, one in ten women uses alternatives to sanitary products due to a lack of funds, according to a study carried out in November 2025 for the charity Dons Solidaires, based on a sample of 4,002 adults. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP via Getty Images)