Tag: US: Anti-Trafficking Laws

NOVANEWS Anti-Trafficking Laws Are Hurting, Not Helping, but Sex Workers Are Fighting Back LAUREN WALKER / TRUTHOUT BY: Victoria Law Truthout Three years ago, Kristen DiAngelo met a mother in a desperate situation. The mother was being coerced into sex work by the father of her baby. He had threatened her and her family’s lives and had recently kicked in the door to her mother’s house. “I can’t leave you out there,” DiAngelo, the co-founder and executive director of SWOP (Sex Workers Outreach Program) Sacramento, remembered thinking. She paid for the mother to stay in a hotel room for a night. Later, the mother stayed on her couch. DiAngelo also took her to the local domestic violence shelter, which required her to file a police report. From her own experiences with local ...