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Bill: Decriminalisation of Prostitution

Details

Submitted by^[?]: LibCom 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: December 2047

Description^[?]:

This bill aims to protect sex workers while prosecuting those who exploit them. Since prostitution will not be recognised under government employment regulation policy, it will be an offence to employ a prostitute, but not to be a prostitute.

Proposals

Article 1

Proposal^[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.

Old value:: Prostitution is legal but not recognized under government employment regulation policy.

Current: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.

Proposed: Prostitution is legal but not recognized under government employment regulation policy.

Debate

These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:

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From	Protectorate Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	Not being official means what? No vocational schools for prostitution in our expanded education system, not effected by min wage laws, work week, overtime etc.

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From	LibCom Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	Certainly no vocational schools. And no pressure on the unemployed to take jobs in the sex industry. They should be covered by employment law though.

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From	Leviathan Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	ooc: we should wait until we have economic laws to pass re: welfare etc to vote on this, since i know it would have an effect on how i would vote at the very least.

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From	Protectorate Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	Provided we do not force the unemployed to move to prostitution or allow exploitation (other then the obvious) of those employed in this field I am in favor.

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From	Protectorate Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	Though the idea of a vocational school for prostitution is interesting in of itself.

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From	Radical Centrists
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	This would put sex workers in an unfortunate no man's land, if you'll pardon the expression. Full legalisation or nothing.

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From	Protectorate Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	The problem with that is if a person is on unemployment or wellfare, they may be forced into this profession. Is that the effect we are looking for?

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From	Radical Centrists
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	To be honest, I'm not certin of how to treat this issue withe options available.

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From	Leviathan Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	ooc: we should all go and tell Wouter to add more options.

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From	LibCom Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	Consider this bill on hold pending review.

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From	Free Reform Coalition (FRP)
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	We agree, there should be more options to choose from and we should wait until further improvements to the system occur.

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From	Protectorate Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	Just noticed this changed to a worse option, haven't looked at choices but with this wording there is no regulation.

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From	Free Reform Coalition (FRP)
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	The FRP believes that if prostitution were ever legalized that there should be protections for both the prostitutes and the clients. Government support could help protect them. In any case, the FRP does not support any legalization at this point in time, though we do keep an open mind for any changes.

Date	21:09:53, April 30, 2005 CET
From	LibCom Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	We've just amended the description of this bill. This way we can crack down on pimps and brothel owners, while treating the workers as victims rather than criminals.

Date	23:34:07, April 30, 2005 CET
From	Protectorate Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	We would rather see brothels then individuals on street corners. What is wrong with establishing full regulation?

Date	15:38:48, May 03, 2005 CET
From	LibCom Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	Brothels and street corners are not the only possibilities. In any case, this proposal would allow sex workers to set up collectively-owned premises if they so desire, since they would still be self-employed. The problem with allowing people to employ prostitutes is that the workers lose a good deal of their freedom - they're required by their employers to serve a certain number of clients per night, for example, and they're less likely to be able to turn away clients they don't wish to serve.

Date	12:21:49, May 05, 2005 CET
From	LibCom Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	Right, we're moving this to vote, just to get the damn thing out of the way.

Date	13:13:39, May 05, 2005 CET
From	Labour Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	I'm still not convinced as this seems open to abuse. Particulrly as you mention cooperatives but then say it isn't recognised under employment legislation. ven under the current situation how many prostitutes would offer the name of their pimp to the police? None I would guess, so what will change. Sorry, but the LP sees this legislation as being ineffective and counter productive.

Date	13:17:54, May 05, 2005 CET
From	LibCom Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	Essentially the only difference to the current situation is that we would no longer treat prostitutes as criminals. That in itself is a step worth making.

Date	13:50:32, May 06, 2005 CET
From	LibCom Party
To	Debating the Decriminalisation of Prostitution
Message	As for cooperatives, I only mentioned collectively-owned (or -rented) premises - the prostitutes would still work autonomously. The point was that not allowing brothels wouldn't force prostitutes onto the street.

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