Michigan doesn't tax necessary items like groceries or some medications, but feminine products are not exempt.
"It seems like it's a taboo topic or we don't talk about this issue," State Representative Sarah Roberts said.
She introduced legislation to stop taxing feminine products.
"It's estimated in a woman's lifetime that she will use 17,000 tampons or sanitary napkins," she said. "They are not products that we have a choice whether we want to use them or not."
Many states tax feminine products, but countries like Canada have eliminated it.
But some say, it's hard enough to get politicians talking about the tampon tax.
"A lot of the men that I've talked to here in the House or Representatives, particularly Republicans, I'm not sure why, they get really uncomfortable talking about this issue," Roberts added. "I'm not exactly sure what the push back is, to be honest with you."
Many women agree.
Marian Smith supports the bill and said, "It's kind of a ridiculous tax to have on something, on a product that so many of us need on a monthly basis."
"Just making that a more affordable option for the large population of people shouldn't be an optional conversation that should be something that we are all talking about," Kendel Rosalak, who supports the legislations, said.
State Representative Roberts also introduced a bill that would provide free tampons and pads to girls in public schools and in state buildings.
Roberts added, "I just think it's time to stop taxing women for being women."
The bills are now in a House committee waiting for a hearing and a vote.
