Authorities in Hawaii are considering decriminalizing prostitution. A bill has been introduced, which would legalize buying and selling sex, as well as pimping, Honolulu’s Star Advertiser reports.
It’s currently illegal in the state for police officers to have sex with prostitutes in the course of investigations. Under the new bill, this would also be decriminalized.
The bill hasn’t been well-received by all. Some activists have spoken out against it, including Khara Jabola, coordinator of Af3irm Hawaii.
“By normalizing sexual exploitation and recasting it as a career choice that has no harms attached, we’re creating a setting and a system where we are OK with objectifying women, where we’re OK with buying other human beings’ bodies, and that has effects that are far-reaching in terms of how women are treated,” she said.
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Keith Kaneshiro, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney, stated that the bill will make it harder to tackle sex trafficking cases, explaining that “it would be more difficult to find the bad actors, more difficult to get witnesses to make cases”.
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