Patented is a disposable absorbent article adapted to be worn about a lower torso of a human body. It comprises a chassis forming a waist opening and a pair of leg openings and has longitudinally opposing front and back waist end edges, longitudinally opposing front and back waist regions adjacent to the respective waist end edges and a crotch region longitudinally intermediate of the waist regions. A non-removable absorbent core component is located in the crotch region and a first replaceable absorbent core component is located in capillary liquid communication with the non-removable absorbent core component. The first replaceable absorbent core component extends from the back waist region into and ends in the crotch region.