Sanders noncommittal on sex work, highlights tribal outreach
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, standing at the pulpit of a church on the Historic Westside on Saturday, faced a litany of questions from his acolytes from how to address the high cost of prescription drugs to ongoing concerns over police brutality.
But there was one issue the Democratic presidential hopeful did not likely anticipate addressing — twice — in the house of the Lord: his position on sex work.
“How are you going to proceed with not conflating sex work with human trafficking?” one woman, seated behind Sanders in the choir, asked. “What are we going to do about FOSTA-SESTA? Because self-determination is at the root of everything your platform stands for.”
Signed into law last year, the two bills known as FOSTA and SESTA aimed at cutting down on online sex trafficking. But advocates for sex work say the pair of laws has only made it more dangerous for sex workers and conflate consensual and nonconsensual sex work.
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