A recent series in Ms. magazine about menstrual equity — the ability to access affordable, safe period products — reported on the trauma experienced by incarcerated women who have been denied these necessities.

Lack of access to clean, safe period products is a staggering problem in every corner of the world.

“They had consistently looked at whether it was safe period, not whether it was safe with respect to something.”

Yet if the six church fires around the Southeast were all that occurred in recent days, it would prove a relatively safe period for houses of worship.

Outside of that safe period, you aren’t guaranteed coverage under federal law, though many states, including New York, extend greater protections.