GreenDell144

This is all kinds of messed up. Welcome to the upside down.

Factfinder2

In California and many other states, child prostitution laws only apply to pimps and johns and do not apply to prostitutes younger than age 18.

List of states and their child prostitution laws: http://sharedhope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/NSL_Survey_Non-Criminalization-of-Juvenile-Sex-Trafficking-Victims.pdf

In California, the law allowing children to prostitute themselves went into effect last year (SB1322). Law enforcement officers are required only to report incidents of suspected child prostitution to the county welfare dept. They have the option of taking a child prostitute into temporary protective custody if they deem it necessary: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1322

The leftist spin is that child prostitutes are victims and therefore should not be punished. They point to the fact that the law still punishes pimps and johns, who they say are the real criminals. http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2017/jan/04/travis-allen/lawmakers-claim-about-california-legalizing-child-/


It seems likely to me that the effect of the law is the OPPOSITE of its advocates' stated intent. Pimps and johns have less chance of being busted when their prostitutes are not being arrested and questioned. For business security reasons alone, they can be expected to prefer exploitation of children.


California Senator Holly J. Mitchell published this list of people and organizations that supported and opposed the law:

Supporters:

Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley

Act for Women and Girls

Alliance for Boys and Men of Color

Alliance for Children’s Rights

American Civil Liberties Union

Anti-Recidivism Coalition

Bay Area Youth Center

Black Women for Wellness

California Alliance of Child and Family Services

California Welfare Directors Association of California

CAST LA (Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking)

Children’s Law Center

Children Now

County of Los Angeles

Courage Campaign

Crittenton Services for Children and Families

County Welfare Directors Association of California

David and Margaret Youth and Family Services

Family Assistance Program

Friends Committee on Legislation in California

Girls Inc.

Hathaway Sycamores Child and Family Services

John Burton Foundation

Maryvale National Center for Youth Law

Rights4Girls

San Francisco Women’s Political Committee

Summitview Child and Family Services

The Child Abuse Prevention Center

Transgender Law Center

Trinity Youth Services

Westcoast Children’s Clinic

Opponents:

California District Attorneys Association

Los Angeles District Attorney

San Diego County District Attorney

http://youthlaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/SB-1322-Fact-Sheet-062216.pdf

think-

In California, the law allowing children to prostitute themselves went into effect last year (SB1322).

Err...what?! I can't believe it.

I agree with you that this will have the opposite effect. A girl pimped out by her 'boyfriend'/trafficker will likely say she is doing this voluntarily. What a mess.

Blacksmith21

The ChristianPost.com article is very,very long. TL;DR - Human Rights Watch and other feminist/leftist movements support the movement to legalize "youth sex worker" under the guise of "public health reasons". Pretty disgusting stuff. Those blue, square bumper stickers with the yellow =. That's HRW.

Negro_Nazi

You can order a white Russian baby off of dark net for 10,000$

think-

I admit that I thought the headline might be a bit exaggerated, but I stand to be corrected. :-(

Another rabbit hole....and please note that the WHO is involved.

'Youth sex work' - WTH?!

'Funding the advocacy & organizing efforts of youth in the sex trade is in no way pedophilia'

'In recent years such language and thinking — that making "sex work" illegal harms minors — has appeared in the documents of international organizations.'

Friendly reminder: There are feminists like the much-hyped cultural relativist Judith Butler who think genital mutilation is not mutilation, and that you insult a woman who has suffered this crime when you use the word 'mutilated'.

(Reason: her clitoris might have been cut off with a rusty knife, but maybe she can still have vaginal orgasms, can't she? So how do you dare discriminate this woman by saying she was 'mutilated' when her sexuality merely 'shifted' from clitoral to vaginal orgasms....)

Oh, and burqas/hijabs by the way, 'protect' women, according to Butler. I decided to take Judith Butler seriously the day she has completed a period of three months wearing a black hijab in a country with temperatures above 100F .

Also interesting: The shift in Amnesty International's policy re prostitution, which is now called 'sex work', and sex trafficking isn't regarded by AI as a problem anymore. Only a coincidence of course that the guy who lobbied Amnesty to change their policy has been a British Escort Agency owner....(see the Christian Post article).

Blacksmith21

LOL - I wrote my comment before looking at other comments.

think-

Oh, I do this all the time... ;-)

carmencita

So I did not understand the article regarding their explanation as to why this activist group is pushing this. Are they saying the trafficking is OK because the sex work helps them survive? That is how I see it, but it did not make that clear. Either way it is sick.

carmencita

I read the natural news article but they did not mention how the leftist group rationalizes child sex trafficking. They did not give the reason they think this is OK. Just that it is. Do they think that these children are only homeless ones that are trafficked and they need it as a means of support? Well they are wrong, but they still did not explain.

Also the Christian post has an article glorifying Billy Graham. There have been SRA Survivors on here naming him as a rapist along with Bob Hope, and Richard Nixon and others. I will not read an article in favor of B Graham.

Thank you for posting. This is good to know.

Factfinder2

See my separate comment regarding the leftist rationalization for allowing children to legally prostitute themselves.

carmencita

The leftist spin is that child prostitutes are victims and therefore should not be punished. They point to the fact that the law still punishes pimps and johns, who they say are the real criminals.

What a crock! Who do they think they are fooling, not us. I am thinking that some towns are fighting back and passing their own laws regarding other things like sanctuary city laws. This could really tick people off if reported in the way you have stated.

derram