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Heated hearing on H.2467: sex‑worker groups and researchers back a study; survivors and anti‑trafficking groups oppose it
Summary
A long public record showed sharply divided views on H.2467, a proposal to create an interagency study commission on decriminalizing commercial sex. Sex‑worker organizations and some researchers urged study and described evidence linking decriminalization to reduced harms; survivor‑led groups, clergy, law‑enforcement researchers and trafficking
Witnesses were sharply divided over H.2467, a proposal to create a study commission to examine decriminalizing commercial sex in Massachusetts.
Supporters — including sex‑worker‑led organizations and several academic researchers — urged the committee to authorize a study, arguing that research, lived‑experience input and comparative analysis can help craft safer policy. "A…
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