{"id":2240853,"date":"2024-05-09T11:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T15:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decriminalizing-prostitution-in-illinois-proposed-lawmaker-shocked-at-idea\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T11:35:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T15:35:39","slug":"decriminalizing-prostitution-in-illinois-proposed-lawmaker-shocked-at-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decriminalizing-prostitution-in-illinois-proposed-lawmaker-shocked-at-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois lawmaker stunned by proposal to decriminalize prostitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdecriminalizing-prostitution-in-illinois-proposed-lawmaker-shocked-at-idea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240853&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Illinois legislators and LGBTQ advocates are\u2062 urging for \u2064the decriminalization of prostitution, emphasizing \u200bthe safety and autonomy of adult sex workers. The move aims to protect individuals engaging in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-spending-400k-at-nevada-brothels-mysterious-dem-donor-drops-millions-to-legalize-prostitution-at-home\/\" title=\"After Spending 0k at Nevada Brothels, Mysterious Dem Donor Drops Millions To Legalize Prostitution at Home\">consensual sex work<\/a> and reduce violence disproportionately affecting LGBTQ \u2062members in\u2062 this industry. Lawmakers stress that\u2063 the inherent dangers stem \u200bfrom the lifestyle and external factors, not from \u2063the criminalization itself.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Prostitution is illegal in all states except certain parts of Nevada. Illinois legislators and LGBTQ advocates pushed for the state to decriminalize prostitution at a news conference Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Equality Illinois board member and former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sex-workers-claim-twitter-deleting-their-accounts-twitter-denies\/\" title=\"Sex Workers Claim Twitter Deleting Their Accounts; Twitter Denies\">sex worker<\/a> Reyna Ortiz said the criminalization of adults engaging consensually in sex work is what makes the line of work so dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike anyone else going to work, it\u2019s important to be safe and feel protected under the law. The decriminalization of sex work is providing safety for adults who engage in consensual sex,\u201d Ortiz said. \u201cNo longer should sex workers be forced into the darkness of this society. Our hope is no matter how you feel about sex work, you share our belief that no sex worker should be assaulted, victimized or killed simply for simply engaging in adult-consenusal sex work, the world\u2019s oldest profession. Decriminalization is finally giving safety and bodily autonomy to adults who consensually engage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the news conference, advocates highlighted that LGBTQ individuals die disproportionately in this line of work. According to the Human Rights Campaign, 32 transgender and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/docs-nebraska-agency-secretly-tapped-planned-parenthood-ally-to-shape-radical-sex-ed-curriculum\/\" title=\"Docs: Nebraska Agency Secretly Tapped Planned Parenthood Ally To Shape Radical Sex Ed Curriculum\">gender expansive people<\/a> were killed in 2023 and most of those homicide victims were killed by \u201cJohns\u201d or pimps.<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. John Cabello, a detective for the Rockford Police Department, said it\u2019s not criminalizing prostitution that causes the line of work to be dangerous but rather it\u2019s the lifestyle itself.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, state Rep. John Cabello, R-Machesney Park, Brian Johnson, the CEO of Equality Illinois, and\u00a0former sex worker Reyna Ortiz discuss a proposal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prostitution-boom-in-new-york-city-fueled-by-illegal-immigrants-from-venezuela-mayor-says\/\" title=\"Mayor attributes prostitution boom in NYC to illegal immigrants from Venezuela.\">legalize sex work<\/a> in IllinoisBlueRoomStream<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the drugs, the lifestyle and the pimps. It has nothing to do with the law on the books,\u201d Cabello said. \u201cIf that\u2019s the case, then why aren\u2019t there other people getting beat up for all of the other laws that are on the books? It means as though certain people in this state want to make it where we don\u2019t have any penalty for anything you do wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cabello said many prostitutes use sex work to financially support drug addictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre we saying, \u2018yeah OK, go ahead, go do what you wish to do.\u2019 I am shocked,\u201d said Cabello.<\/p>\n<p>He said \u201cJohns\u201d and pimps often beat prostitutes. Pimps tend to beat up prostitutes more. Cabello raised questions like: under this bill, are they going to require an application process for \u201cJohns?\u201d Are we going to allow brothels?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would assume the ACLU [American Civil Liberties Union] would be strictly opposed to this \u2026 because they don\u2019t want law enforcement to do background checks on people so why would they allow private industries to do background checks on people,\u201d said Cabello. \u201cThe whole thing is pie-in-the-sky stuff that they\u2019re saying is, \u2018oh it\u2019s going to work out great.\u2019 No, it\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No bill has been introduced yet, Brian Johnson, the CEO of Equality Illinois, said. The non-profit\u2019s goal is finding the \u201cright time\u201d to introduce a bill. Equality Illinois\u2019 largest priority is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defund-the-police-politician-accused-of-sexually-preying-on-dozens-of-illegal-immigrants-anti-gun-activists\/\" title=\"Defund-The-Police Politician Accused Of Sexually Preying On Dozens Of Illegal Immigrants, Anti-Gun Activists\">decriminalize sex work<\/a>. Johnson suggested the yet-to-be introduced legislation would look at sex workers partnering with police. Johnson also suggested it would allow sex workers to vet their clients.<\/p>\n<p>Equality Illinois wants to decriminalize prostitution, \u201cso that sex workers can fully vet their clients and meet them in places of their choosing, where they [sex workers] can partner with police if they want to ensure their safety. So that we are not using taxpayer dollars taken from kitchen tables and taken from Illinois homes to go after people engaged in adult consensual sex,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>Cabello said he couldn\u2019t believe there was even a news conference on decriminalizing sex work.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prostitution is typically illegal nationwide, except in limited areas of Nevada. In Illinois, lawmakers and LGBTQ activists are advocating to decriminalize prostitution. Reyna Ortiz, a former sex worker and board member of Equality Illinois, highlighted that criminalizing adult consensual sex work perpetuates issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2240854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23293582244211-2-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23293582244211-2-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}