{
  "id": 18933408,
  "title": "‘10 times more painful’: Menstrual disorders fuel calls to ban tear gas at French protests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/10-times-more-painful-menstrual-disorders-fuel-calls-to-ban-tear-gas",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T11:53:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261108-abnormal-menstraution-periods-fuel-calls-ban-tear-gas-french-protests-police"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "French police have made extensive use of tear gas during protests that have roiled France in recent weeks, sometimes causing grievous injuries. Thousands of accounts of women experiencing acutely painful periods and increased bleeding are further challenging assumptions that the chemical irritant carries only minor consequences.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}