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“The threat of arrest and prosecution keeps sex workers unsafe and in the shadows, and this threat must be eliminated,” Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, said Monday at a news conference announcing the proposed bill. “This law is essential now more than ever.”
'Illinois could become the first state to decriminalize sex work under proposed law.''Coalition of Black and Brown current and former sex workers advocates for the law.'
The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Will Guzzardi, D-Chicago, and state Sen. Celina Villanueva, D-Chicago, would remove criminal penalties for adults engaging in consensual sex work, remove arrest and conviction records for sex workers and establish a sex workers’ bill of rights.
Illinois could become first state to decriminalize sex work under proposed law
“The threat of arrest and prosecution keeps sex workers unsafe and in the shadows, and this threat must be eliminated,” Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, said Monday at a news conference announcing the proposed bill. “This law is essential now more than ever.”
chicago.suntimes.com
