It is not the first time that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has come out in support prostitution and sex work. In 2019 she joined Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in promoting the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act.
“The SAFE SEX Workers Study
Act, sponsored by Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., would study the effects of two anti-sex trafficking bills — the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act and the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act [SESTA/FOSTA] — that became law last year,” Fox News said. “Opponents say the new law makes consensual sex work more difficult. According to Khanna’s office, the law has forced sex workers off of online platforms and into more dangerous situations.”
Rep. Khanna issued a press release that said “Sex workers have relied on such internet platforms to screen clients and negotiate boundaries for consensual, transactional sex services, including condom use and other harm reduction strategies. … While SESTA/FOSTA was intended to curb online sex trafficking, by banning the ‘promotion of prostitution,’ a host of internet platforms relied on by sex workers have shut down.”
