Paving the Road to Hell: California Decriminalizes Child Prostitution (Re-Blog from The American Thinker)

Often, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. This expression certainly applies to California’s SB 1322, which prohibits the arrest, and in most cases, the detention, of minors engaged in the sex trade. The intent of the law is to treat these children as victims rather than criminals. However, instead of protecting children, the law will likely create more victims. . . The law, despite its good intentions, results in less protection for the child. Pimps control their “merchandise” by coercion with threats of bodily harm to the child or to his/her relatives, sometimes by forced drug addiction. The law will encourage pimps to target minors because minors will be able to return to the sex trade faster than adults after being caught.”

Read more here: The American Thinker

Carol M. Swain is professor of political science and professor of law at Vanderbilt University and Steve Feazel is an author, film-maker, and public speaker. They are co-authors of Abduction: How Liberalism Steals Our Children’s Hearts and Minds.
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