A small sample of the support for Rhode Island’s
decriminalization, both local and across the world. This issue spans
the
political spectrum; we have supporters from the far-left, the
far-right, and
everywhere in between.
· A
Letter
from
50 educators around the world, urging Rhode Island to not enact a
harmful law
· Ph.D.
Elizabeth
Wood
thinks we all need to calm down, approach this rationally
· Ph.D.
Ronald
Weitzer
debunks common myths about indoor prostitution, it's -not- the
same as streetwalking sex work. (Note the comments)
· Why
are
'outsiders'
interested? Because Rhode Island has the right idea,
according
to sound science
· The
Rhode Island Coalition Against Human Trafficking takes 'no
position' on the prostitution bill, Brown University Students Against
Human Trafficking
outright opposes it
· Executive
Summary
of
the 'Kicking the Door Down' report, in which trafficking victims
advocate for "anything that doesn't involve police" to investigate
trafficking
· Article from Brian Hull's
blog.
Possibly the most in-depth and rational discussion of the issue
available
online
· The website for
'Happy
Endings?', a local documentary about Asian Massage Parlors
· A
letter
from
the Rhode Island Republican website to Providence City Council
that highlights some very 'common sense' thoughts on the issue
· Another
RIRepublican
article
highlighting the fallacy of the 'Prostitution =
Trafficking' idea
· Links
to
several other RIRepublican articles supporting decriminalization
· Link
to
a
ProJo article where the ACLU, and various other groups oppose the
changes
in the proposed law. Note the overwhelming comments supporting our
position.
· RIFuture
article
"Criminalizing
Prostitution Will Be Very Bad for RI"
· Craigslist killer
foiled
because Rhode Island sex workers call the police
· A
local
research
piece showing ineffectiveness of criminalization
· Editorial
on
the
Brown Daily Herald
· A
petition
by
several organizations to block 5044A
· The
sex
workers
themselves testify at the Senate Judiciary
· Reproductive
Heath
Reality
Check article
· San
Francisco
Sex
Worker Fest links to articles
· Providence
Daily
Dose
criticism of Donna Hughes' Carnival of Prostitution editorial.
Read
the comments for input from actual sex workers
· Melissa
Ditmore,
Ph.D.
congratulates the Obama administration for realizing that
Trafficking isn't a problem of prostitution, it's present in many labor
markets
· The
Best
Practices
Policy Project opposes legislation that indiscriminately
victimizes
all sex workers
· An
excellent
piece
in 'Carnal Nation' about Craigslist, murders, and why we aren't
outlawing babysitting
· Civil
Rights
Attorney
Andrea Ritchie rails against proposed anti-prostitution laws
in
Rhode Island, "the Wrong Solution to the Wrong Problem"
· Kmareka,
a
local
women’s issues blog thinks we should 'wipe out prostitution', but
not
through criminalization