Not exact matches
As a Home Office Inquiry looks into shifting the burden of criminality from those who sell
sex to those who buy it, some argue only full decriminalisation will keep
workers safe.
Only when people working in the
sex industry have a strong legal status, work under
safe conditions, and are visible in society will
sex workers and forced prostitutes be in a position to improve their situation and seek support if necessary.
When clients are criminalized,
sex workers are forced to offer their services in remote locations instead of
safer indoor establishments.
Eighty - nine per cent of politics.co.uk users said the purpose of legislation should be to keep
sex workers safe.
He argued for «a consistent message that condoms are
safe for all to carry» and that the Albany legislation must not provide any «incentive for promoters and
sex traffickers» to limit their
workers» access to condoms.
The 40 - year - old actress plays a
sex worker in her new TV show «The Deuce» and she thinks it would be
safer and healthier for everyone involved in the illicit industry if it was no longer a criminal act.
In March 2012, five justices of the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld Justice Himel's ruling that the bawdy house provision is unconstitutional because it prohibits
sex workers from working in
safer indoor locations.
Both the Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada maintain that
sex work is an inherently dangerous activity and that they don't have an obligation to ensure
safer laws for
sex workers.
Sex workers testifying at the hearing stated in Court that, «If prostitutes could work from home they would be
safer and not a public nuisance on the street.»
The main objection is that the new law might make
sex trade
workers less
safe than the previous arrangement.
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The federal government has shown no interest whatever in protecting
sex workers, except by having them get into a
safer line of work.
While the bill has wide political support and a handful of celebrity endorsements, many
sex workers and actual advocates for trafficking victims have spoken out against it, arguing that it will make vulnerable populations less
safe.
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