Decriminalize Sex Work

DECRIMINALIZE SEX WORK


Decriminalize Sex Work (DSW) works to improve policies related to all forms of sex work and to end the prohibition of consensual adult prostitution in the United States. Evidence shows that decriminalizing sex work will help end human trafficking, improve public health, and promote community safety.

Our mission is to end the prohibition of consensual adult prostitution, and to improve policies relating to all forms of sex work.

Decriminalize Sex Work’s Briefing Papers

DSW produced these meticulously researched briefing papers with accompanying short videos to efficiently explain the most salient reasons to decriminalize consensual adult prostitution and to improve policies related to all forms of sex work. These briefing papers cover specific topics including Why Decriminalizing Sex Work Is Good Criminal Justice Policy, Human Trafficking and Sex Work, and Debunking the Entrapment/Equality Model amongst others.

Unequivocal and ample evidence from around the world shows that decriminalizing sex work will help end human trafficking, improve public health, promote community safety, and protect civil liberties. We hope you will use these papers and short videos as resources to help legislators and the general public understand the urgent and critical need to decriminalize consensual adult sex work.

Organizations Endorsing Decriminalization

ACLU
Amnesty International
Freedom Network USA
Human Rights Campaign
UN AIDS
World Health Organization
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