Opinion: This law from the 1870s could imperil abortion in blue states | CNN
Some members of the antiabortion movement are pushing for a comeback for the Comstock Act, an archaic law passed in 1873 mainly to target what Anthony Comstock, an anti-vice crusader, viewed as dirty books. Mary Ziegler argues that this new tactic poses a threat to abortion rights even -- or perhaps…
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Thailand’s Exploited Sex Workers Could Soon be Protected by Law
Thailand’s exploited, vulnerable sex workers could soon be protected by law
Many thousands of Thais have worked in the sex industry for decades without legal protection. So it’s not surprising that most of them are looking forward eagerly to the passage of the Sex Workers Protection Bill.
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Russia’s Media Regulator Granted Powers to Block all LGBT Sites
Russia’s Media Regulator Granted Powers to Block all LGBT Sites - The Moscow Times
The Russian government has granted its media regulator the authority to block websites containing “LGBT propaganda” without a court order, according to a decree published on Monday. “Information propagating non-traditional sexual relations and (or) preferences” now serves as grounds for blacklisting…
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Wired Publishes Opinion Piece Stigmatizing Adult Content, Sex Work
Wired Publishes Opinion Piece Stigmatizing Adult Content, Sex Work
Wired Magazine published an online opinion piece today by Virgina Heffernan, who deployed a number of stigmatizing and stereotypical tropes about sex work and depictions of sex in order to advance her entirely conjectural notions about the future of adult content on Twitter.
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ESPLERP: Mark Dec. 17, Intl. Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
ESPLERP: Mark Dec. 17, Intl. Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
ESPLERP is calling for supporters to join them in marking International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, December 17.
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Top Tory caught watching porn in the House of Commons expected to lose job
Top Tory caught watching adult footage in House of Commons expected to lose job
A Tory MP was spotted sitting next to a female colleague in the Commons watching porn on his phone. Parliament’s independent watchdog is now investigating - and a minister called for him to be expelled
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Michigan man, 76, gets federal prison time for leaving bombs at cell stores in anti-porn extortion scheme
Michigan man, 76, gets federal prison time for leaving bombs at cell stores in anti-porn extortion scheme
In his letters, John D. Allen demanded $5 million and that “all telecommunications containing immoral content” such as pornography be removed from the internet within 180 days.
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People Are Turning to Sex Work as Costs of Living Rise—and They’re Being Punished for It
People Are Turning to Sex Work as Costs of Living Rise—and They’re Being Punished for It
“There is nothing I was doing on OnlyFans that I wasn’t doing as a single woman except that I found a way to monetize it.”
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Mum forced to pull kids out of school and move to farm after OnlyFans backlash
Mum forced to pull kids out of school and move to farm after OnlyFans backlash
Sara and her husband made over a million dollars on OnlyFans this year alone - but were forced to relocate to a farm in the middle of nowhere after Sara began receiving hate from the local community
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Teacher sacked for looking at porn site 74 times while teaching remote classes
Teacher sacked for looking at porn site 74 times while teaching remote classes
Maidstone Grammar School sacked business and economics teacher David Chidlow, 59, after discovering he had looked at profiles of women on an adult website during classes
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