menses

Example Sentences

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Georgetown women must lie — saying they need treatment for painful or irregular menses — to get oral contraceptives for “medical reasons” rather than to prevent pregnancy and subsequent abortion.

From Washington Post

Will we need to look for this life by examining women’s menses each month and have Christian burials for these products of conception?

From Washington Post

These books included recipes for concoctions that could induce menses that had been “blocked” or “suppressed” — a common way to refer to early pregnancy.

From Washington Post

"Many of them now do not miss out on classes as they are given sanitary towels to use when they are on their menses. They are also taught how to make reusable pads."

From BBC

“After quickening, women themselves would stop trying to get their menses back. It was considered a life.”

From New York Times