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This is “extremist policy-makers” using religion to justify hurtful and hateful policies says National Organization for Women President, Toni Van Pelt. “The HHS rule has nothing to do with religious freedom and everything to do with intolerance and right-wing politics.”
NOW advocates for full services for sex workers, such as mental and physical health care, to help women leave.
But despite Grosso’s assertion, nearly all witnesses opposing the bill, including Toni Van Pelt, president of the National Organization for Women, argued that its provision decriminalizing the act of buying sex by “Johns” would lead to an enormous increase in sex trafficking targeting both children and adults.