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Strong support of the Proposition to Decriminalize Prostitution in San Francisco
Studies have shown that sex workers in decriminalized or legal settings are healthier, suffer less personal violence and are more likely to practice safer sex with their clients.
The California STD Controllers’ Association Executive Committee represents public health STD control officers from all 61 jurisdictions in California.
We have read the upcoming November 4th, 2008, ballot initiative to change how anti-prostitution laws are enforced in San Francisco. We strongly support that proposition.
Criminalization of sex work results in unhealthful and unsafe situations for sex workers and their clients. Studies have shown that sex workers in decriminalized or legal settings are healthier, suffer less personal violence and are more likely to practice safer sex with their clients.
Our mission is to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and their attendant consequences such as infertility, chronic pain, infections of the newborn and the enhanced spread of HIV infection.
The decriminalization of prostitution in a setting like San Francisco could help advance those important goals.
Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD, MPH
President
We have read the upcoming November 4th, 2008, ballot initiative to change how anti-prostitution laws are enforced in San Francisco. We strongly support that proposition.
Criminalization of sex work results in unhealthful and unsafe situations for sex workers and their clients. Studies have shown that sex workers in decriminalized or legal settings are healthier, suffer less personal violence and are more likely to practice safer sex with their clients.
Our mission is to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and their attendant consequences such as infertility, chronic pain, infections of the newborn and the enhanced spread of HIV infection.
The decriminalization of prostitution in a setting like San Francisco could help advance those important goals.
Jeffrey D. Klausner, MD, MPH
President
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