Selling sex should be legal, buying it should remain outlawed: advocacy group
Buying sex and pimping must remain a criminal offence while the sale of such services should be legal in Canada, according to a Vancouver advocacy group that will make its arguments next month before the Supreme Court of Canada.
“There is something besides simply criminalizing everyone involved in prostitution … and decriminalizing and legalizing the sex trade so that men are free simply to buy women at will,” said University of B.C. law professor Janine Benedet, who is representing the Women’s Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution.
The group, which includes the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, was granted intervener status last month in a Supreme Court case that will rule whether Canada’s prostitution laws are constitutional.
Benedet said the Nordic prostitution model of “asymmetrical criminalization” has made countries such as Sweden, Norway and Iceland unfavourable destinations for johns and human traffickers.
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Prostitution crackdown bill backed by public as 80% of those asked say they want a law to ban paying for sex
SCOTS have shown overwhelming support for a proposed law making it illegal to pay for sex.
A public consultation on the proposed Purchase of Sex Bill found almost 80 per cent of respondents would back laws targeting punters who visit prostitutes.
The idea was put forward by Labour MSP Rhoda Grant, who hopes it will lead to the prosecution of buyers of sex rather than those trapped in the trade.
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“If this shifts the onus from those who are prostituted to those who are purchasers, I think that makes a clear statement about our society.” The study features testimony from sex workers, customers and ex-prostitutes, as well as charities, local councils, police, lawyers, church groups and academics.
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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/prostitution-crackdown-bill-backed-public-1921137
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