FORMER SNP leadership hopeful Ash Regan is bidding to make paying for sex a criminal offence ...
The SNP MSP and former community safety minister is running the “Unbuyable” campaign in a bid to end the purchase of sex in Scotland.
On the Unbuyable website, Regan adds: “As a society, we must confront the uncomfortable truth that the buying of sex is not a victimless act; it’s a form of exploitation that leaves lasting scars. However, this commitment was missing from the two more recent programmes, for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. She wrote: “It is the very fact that such behaviour is visible in public that creates the offence. As well as overlooking the intrinsic harms caused to the prostitute, such offences actually serve to heighten the risk of harm to the women involved since they have less time to assess clients, often getting into cars more readily in an attempt to avoid attracting attention.
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