Now Congress will effectively be exempt from prostitution laws too!
A bill has been introduced to decriminalize prostitution in the District of Columbia, The Washington Post reports.
If passed, the legislation would make the district the only U.S. jurisdiction to legalize prostitution outside some areas in Nevada.
"This is about protecting the human rights of our residents," one of the bill's sponsors, David Grosso, a progressive council member who also led the push to decriminalize marijuana in D.C., told the Post. "Arresting our way through this has never worked."
According to the Post, activists say the bill would make it easier for sex workers to find other jobs and housing because they wouldn't have prostitution-related arrests on their records — and they'd also be less reluctant to report crimes against them.
