Bills currently before the house

bills currently before the house
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This bill was passed into law on 24th of June 2003, by 60 votes to 59. Tim Barnett's private members' bill aimed to decriminalise soliciting (offering sex for money), living off the earnings of prostitution and brothelkeeping.

See Tim Barnett's web site for more details

Sue Bradford spoke for the Bill during its first reading and her speech is available here.

Wellington Rape Crisis have written a piece entitled A feminist argument in favour of decriminalising Prostitution in Aotearoa.

Janice Raymond has written an article "10 reasons for not legalising Prostitution"

See Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) web site and the web pages of Donna Hughes, of University of Rhode Island. Professor Hughes researches and writes in the areas of sexual exploitation, violence against women, women's organized resistance to violence, and religious fundamentalism and women's rights.

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