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Bill: CP.0047.2538 Prohibiting Prostitution Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 2539
Description[?]:
| Making prostitution a criminal offense. Cracks down on degrading individuals, immoral acts and child prostitution. Upon passing of this bill, the Ministry of Justice will conduct a report and provide a list of criminal charges and penalties that will be laid against the criminals of prostitution. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Current: Prostitution regulation decisions are left up to local governments.
Proposed: Prostitution is illegal.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:49:47, February 28, 2008 CET | From |  Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the CP.0047.2538 Prohibiting Prostitution Bill |
| Message | While legal, it can be taxed and regulated. What are the advantages of outlawing prostitution? |
| Date | 17:30:19, February 28, 2008 CET | From | Peasant Party Of Sekowo | To | Debating the CP.0047.2538 Prohibiting Prostitution Bill |
| Message | This would be best decided by local governments. |
| Date | 22:14:53, February 28, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the CP.0047.2538 Prohibiting Prostitution Bill |
| Message | Legislators jump to legalization because they think nothing else is successful. That's the wrong attitude to have. Reasons why it should not be legal: 1) Child prostitution. There is nothing that states a child is protected from such a profession. 2) Authorities will be preoccupied keeping an eye on the 'legal' industry, the sex industry will grow too large for them to regulate. With no penalties or crimini 3) Sex trafficking. Organizers can buy and sell individuals without legal repercussion. 4) Motivation for individuals to 'buy' another person for sex. The product is the individual, not a service. 5) Pimps will have more power, thus more individuals can be forced into prostitutes without legal repercussion. 6) The health of the individuals is jeopardized because there are no regulations in place that would stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Granted this can also happen in loving relationships, the risk is very high when it's a different client every hour. 7) Reputation of Sekowo. Our tourism industry will be filled with pedophils and loners looking for some fun instead of our rich culture. 8) Choice of profession of the individual. Prostitutes do not grow up aspiring to be in such an industry. They do it out of survival. The government should allow individuals a second chance to make something of themselves and have a career and not have to sell themselves. These are some major reasons why prostitution should be illegal in Sekowo. |
| Date | 22:39:45, February 28, 2008 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the CP.0047.2538 Prohibiting Prostitution Bill |
| Message | 2 is wrong. 3 happens when it is illegal and won't happen when it is legal, if it does, its still a crime. 4 - slavery is still illegal 5 - no, wrong. Pimps will not have more power, prostitutes will have more power as they'll be able to form collectives and not rely on a pimp protecting them. 6) There can be regulations when it is legal. when it is illegal this is even more jeoparised. 7) Most countries legalise it 8) People can do what they want |
| Date | 02:51:04, February 29, 2008 CET | From | Normand Pluralist Party | To | Debating the CP.0047.2538 Prohibiting Prostitution Bill |
| Message | We can still see valid arguments on both sides of this issue. As we are still very divided, we shall vote with consensus. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 50 | ||||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 550 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity." - Ralph Nader |