A New Hampshire state representative proposed legislation this month to make consensual prostitution legal in the state.
While prostitution is currently legal in Nevada, it is only legal in brothels and is illegal in Carson City, the capital, and four out of 16 counties. Street prostitution is illegal. The proposed New Hampshire bill, on the other hand, legalizes consensual prostitution between consenting adults statewide and does not limit solicitation of sex to brothels.
The bill also states that it “makes any solicitation of sexual contact involving a person under 18 years of age or through the use of force or intimidation a felony.”
Rep. Elizabeth Edwards of Manchester said her bill was written in light of Amnesty International’s recent call to legalize prostitution globally and protect the human rights of sex workers. Amnesty International states that sex workers are “one of the most disadvantaged groups of people in the world, often forced to live outside the law and denied their most basic human rights.”
“Sex workers are not able to negotiate and organize for their rights, or for access to the justice system when their livelihood is a crime,” Edwards said to local news station NH1.
http://advocate.jbu.edu/2016/01/28/lawmaker-proposes-legalized-prostitution/
While prostitution is currently legal in Nevada, it is only legal in brothels and is illegal in Carson City, the capital, and four out of 16 counties. Street prostitution is illegal. The proposed New Hampshire bill, on the other hand, legalizes consensual prostitution between consenting adults statewide and does not limit solicitation of sex to brothels.
The bill also states that it “makes any solicitation of sexual contact involving a person under 18 years of age or through the use of force or intimidation a felony.”
Rep. Elizabeth Edwards of Manchester said her bill was written in light of Amnesty International’s recent call to legalize prostitution globally and protect the human rights of sex workers. Amnesty International states that sex workers are “one of the most disadvantaged groups of people in the world, often forced to live outside the law and denied their most basic human rights.”
“Sex workers are not able to negotiate and organize for their rights, or for access to the justice system when their livelihood is a crime,” Edwards said to local news station NH1.
http://advocate.jbu.edu/2016/01/28/lawmaker-proposes-legalized-prostitution/