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A judge has dismissed the lawsuit brought by teenager trafficked into prostitution against Backpage.com, which hosted ads that included nude photographs of the minor. More »
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As a controversy rages over how to count child trafficking victims and larger questions of sex work and coercion, a sex trafficking bust in Brooklyn differs from the usual reported cases. More »
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Ashton Kutcher has responded to the Village Voice's takedown of reported numbers on child sex trafficking, which also criticized his advocacy work. More »
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How do you write an "investigative" piece about inflated sex trafficking numbers and almost entirely undermine yourself? Village Voice Media shows us a few ways with its cover story this week. More »
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Thirty-two women and girls were rescued from a so-called baby factory, where they were held and forced to sell their newborns, according to local authorities. More »
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A strange new Utah law would make it a crime not just to explicitly offer sex for money, but also to "indicate, through lewd acts," that you're willing to do so. In addition to scaring ladies into hiking down their skirts, the legislation could allow cops to target legal businesses, like strip clubs. More »
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We already knew that definitely pervy, probable billionaire Jeffrey Epstein got unusually lenient charges and sentencing for his sexual exploitation and abuse of young girls in Florida. But how do such things work? More »
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Former Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor (pictured, with his wife) was accused of having sex with an underage girl who says she's a victim of trafficking. But in a plea bargain, he's managed to avoid jail time. More »
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We get that this campaign is intentionally provocative, using the loaded language of purchasing girls to break through donor fatigue. But is it too raw to be repurposed for good, especially with all the baggage of aiming this at Westerners? More »
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A somewhat disturbing new study suggests that legalizing child pornography could actually cause rates of child sexual abuse to fall. More »
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The FBI has arrested more than 880 adults nationwide on exploitation, trafficking, and prostitution charges. There was a separate crackdown of Somali gang-members on similar charges. Meanwhile, Hilton Hotels is finally promising not to ignore sexual exploitation on its properties. More »
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Less than a week after her 5-year-old daughter, Shaniya Davis, was reported missing, Antoinette Nicole Davis has been arrested and charged with "human trafficking, felony child abuse, prostitution, filing a false police report, and resisting, delaying, or obstructing police." More »
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• Michelle Obama is inspiring women the world over. "She shows women that it's OK to have dark skin and to not have a son. She's quite real to us," said Heather Ferreira of Mumbai. More »
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• Catherine Zeta Jones is not alone! More than one in ten pregnant women smoke, reports the AP (via MSNBC), and research suggests that many of those women suffer from depression, making quitting even more difficult. A Columbia University epidemiologist, tracked more than 1,500 pregnant women, and "22 percent smoked at some point during pregnancy" with about 12 percent classified as nicotine-dependent. [MSNBC]

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