Prostitution laws: health risks and hypocrisy
Open Access
- 20 July 2004
- journal article
- Published by CMA Impact Inc. in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Vol. 171 (2) , 109
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1041057
Abstract
A more recent law, however, is enforced. In 1985 the federal government passed a new prostitution control measure that prohibits communicating in a public place for the purpose of buying and selling sexual services. This “communication provision” (which serves to underscore the hypocrisy of our prostitution laws) was designed to deal with the visible nuisance of street prostitution — and, undoubtedly, to protect property values.Keywords
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