Sen.Kamala Harris(D-Calif.) says that she supports the decriminalization of sex work nationwide, noting that "we can't criminalize consensual behavior as long as no one is being harmed."
"I think that we have to understand, though, that it is not as simple as that. ...There's an ecosystem around that, that involves crimes that harm people. And for those issues, I do not believe that anybodywho hurts another human being or profits off of their exploitation should be ... free of criminal prosecution.
"But when you're talking about consenting adults? Yes, we shouldreally consider that we can't criminalize consensual behavior as long as no one is being harmed."
Harris also explained her support for the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) which sex workers andadvocates argued shut down online platformssuch as Backpage.com and others which workers used to screen clients and establish safer working procedures.
"I was advocating[15 years ago] that we have to stop arresting these prostitutes and start going after thejohns and the pimps, because we were criminalizing the women," Harris told The Root.
"Backpage was providing advertisements for the sale of minors and so I called for them to be shut down. And I have no regrets about that."
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