Proposition
K, San Francisco, November 2008:
ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS RELATED TO
PROSTITUTION AND SEX WORKERS
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Endorsement:
California STD Controllers’ Association
August
11, 2008
RE: Strong support of the Proposition to Decriminalize
Prostitution in San Francisco
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
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