Plan International UK — a non-profit organization which works to advance rights and equality for girls — lobbied for the blood drop emoji for two years. (Unicode)New developments like the blood drop emoji could help young girls — like Davis' three nieces — grow up feeling comfortable in discussing their health, she said. Some women are wondering if the period emoji goes far enough, if it runs the risk of oversimplifying menstruation or even misses the mark entirely. I saw the blood drop emoji and I thought it could represent blood donation. — Jillian Kilfoil"There's been some research that says for some women menstruation is equivalent pain — every month — to a heart attack.

Source: CBC News February 16, 2019 10:52 UTC