Oh La La! France Bans Buying Sex, Prostitutes Take to the Streets 7 April , GMT The laws that criminalize 'sex acquisition' have to go, preferably before election next year, youth members of the Conservatives, the Progress Party and the Liberals stated in an opinion piece advocating brothels earlier this week.
Now, the youth have garnered support from their respective parties' senior members and members of parliament. It's okay to dislike prostitution β I don't like it either, as a matter of fact β but we must look at the real political consequences of the current law," Svendsrud said. Tina Bru, MP and leader of the Women Conservatives, voiced her support for the cause, calling for the abolition of the ban on buying sex.
The law does not make the sex workers safer, on the contrary," Bru told Aftenposten. The fact that prostitution in Norway has gone down percent since the law was adopted is of no consolation for the opponents of the harsh sex laws. Earlier, reports indicated that the sex trade ban contributed to a shrinking demand for sex with a prostitute.
Field observations showed that street prostitution in Oslo alone had fallen by percent, Aftenposten earlier reported. Earlier this year, Norway came under fire from human rights watchdog Amnesty International for endangering sex workers and failing to protect the human rights of people who sell sex.
According to Amnesty International , Norwegian police in reality also persecute all persons who sell sex, despite the fact that it is only illegal to buy sex. Kissing Ban Leaves Danish Children Weeping and Adults Wrangling 12 July , GMT Sweden, Norway and Iceland have all outlawed the purchase of sex, but offering sexual services is not a crime; these efforts to penalize the client but not the prostitute reflect efforts to support the victims of sex trafficking. Brothel-keeping and pimping remain forbidden.
