Our thanks to Darren of Men4Decrim-Scotland for this:
“A Call to Action
The Justice Committee of the Scottish Assembly has called for input on a proposal to introduce the ‘Nordic’ system into Scotland. That system decriminalises sellers of sexual services (usually women) and criminalises purchasers (usually men).
You can disagree with this discriminatory proposal by entering ‘Strongly oppose’, or something similar, in response to Question 1 here : https://yourviews.parliament.scot/justice/prostitution-offences-support-bill/
Responses can be made anonymously, and this takes just a couple of minutes.
Please respond even if you are not in Scotland, because, if adopted in Scotland it will come to England and Wales too.
Please let anyone else know, whom you think might also oppose the proposals, and respond to the consultation.
(The four other questions can be left blank, if you do not have a view)
For those who want more detail, it was tried in Northern Ireland, and failed (although it is not being repealed): https://nationalsurvivornetwork.org/document/a-review-of-the-criminalisation-of-paying-for-sexual-services-in-northern-ireland/
It also increased violence and abuse, according to reports.
Human rights organisations, charities, experts and others, have been trying to oppose the system, but need your help. (A starter list of 150 is here: https://decrimnow.org.uk/open-letter-on-the-nordic-model/ )
The public are also against it, with only one in seven supporting it: https://nen.press/national-ugly-mugs-new-law-to-outlaw-purchase-of-sex-could-lead-to-just-45-recorded-crimes-a-year-ash-regan-admits/ (see final paragraph)
Most of the UK population believe both purchase and sale of sex should be legal: https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/48773-what-does-britain-think-of-sex-work-and-sex-workers
However Julie Bindel, and organisations like Feminista UK, have been pushing hard for the discriminatory Nordic system, and it will go through if it is not stopped.“
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