The Liberal Party Wants to Abolish Law Designed to Protect Sex Workers

The Prostitution Act was introduced to prevent the exploitation of sex workers. It is inappropriate, says the Liberal Party.

The ruling Liberal Party wants to abolish the section on pimping in the Criminal Code, which is intended to protect sex workers from being exploited by backers. This is what the party's social affairs spokesman, Christian Friis Bach (V), tells Kristeligt Dagblad. According to the spokesman, the pimping law cuts off sex workers from "proper relationships" such as organizing in a trade union. The law currently makes it illegal to run a business wh…