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Vermont: Female Lawmakers Propose Bill to Legalize Prostitution

Breitbart: A bill to legalize adult prostitution in Vermont was recently introduced by female lawmakers in the state’s legislature.

The bill’s text read:

This bill proposes to repeal the prostitution laws while retaining felony human trafficking laws that prohibit recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a minor for the purpose of commercial sex; patronizing a minor for commercial sex; recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining any person through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of having the person engage in commercial sex; compelling any person through force, fraud, or coercion to engage in commercial sex; and patronizing any person for a commercial sex act who is being compelled through force, fraud, or coercion to engage in a commercial sex.

One of the bill’s sponsors, Rep. Selene Colburn who is a Burlington Progressive, said she believed decriminalizing so-called “sex work” would offer prostitutes more safety and improve their health.

Colburn also stated that if prostitution were not considered illegal in the state, charges would not be brought against the sex worker or the buyer, the VTDigger reported.

“By driving sex work underground, we’re creating much more dangerous conditions for sex workers. They should feel like they have the protection of police if they need it,” she stated.

However, when the demand for commercial sex increases, it brings with it a rise in human trafficking to meet that demand, according to the Harvard Law and International Development website. read more

11 Comments on Vermont: Female Lawmakers Propose Bill to Legalize Prostitution

  1. …prostitution is ALREADY legal in Vermont, and the REST of the United States too.

    It just goes under the name of politics.

    …you’d think a group of female lawmakers, of all people, would KNOW that…

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  2. Well past time for the government to get out of protecting adults from themselves. Bring it out in the open so inspections can be made to insure no minors or trafficked workers.

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  3. Speaking of prostitutes, everyone should watch this clip of ‘yacht girl’ Meghan Markle as her prosthetic pregnancy belly pops back into shape after she stands from a squatting position. For those who have never been pregnant, it is impossible to squat with knees together at 8 months pregnant. While that far along in pregnancy, it is darn near impossible to get up from a squatting position without assistance. In 4 inch heels, no less.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_XaippuOQc

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  4. Which city will Vermont rename Amsterdam or how many cities will rename streets De Wallen (the red light district in Amsterdam). Which has fallen on hard times in recent years. Partly due to sex tourist that all carry smart phones with cameras who pass through the area to take pictures of the women in the windows, post the pictures on social media, which the women believe endangers their lives for various reasons.

    The Vermont governor ought to consult the female mayor of Amsterdam before making this step. According to a BBC report last year it’s estimated there are 4,000 ~ 8,000 prostitutes working in Amsterdam and it’s estimated 10% or 90% are trafficked women forced into the trade by organized crime. Not something I would want to encourage in my state.

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