This bias is not just numbers and statistics: it affects how health policies are made around the world. Take for instance, the lack of better policy efforts to make menstrual hygiene products more accessible to every woman: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/why-the-debate-on-menstrual-health-in-india-needs-to-go-beyond-the-pad-tax/articleshow/59612542.cms , or the raging debates about abortion access and reproductive rights in the US . To aspiring women health professionals, it also means fewer role models to look up to and learn from.