How to bring sex work out of the shadows
The debate over different approaches to decriminalisation
LIFE FOR women who sell sex in Manhattan may be a little easier these days. In April the district attorney’s office said it would stop prosecuting those who offered or agreed to engage in a sex act for payment. Buyers of sex, though, can still be charged with “patronising a prostitute in the third degree”.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Bringing sex work out of the shadows”
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