Switzerland Raises Legal Prostitution Age to 18
Was 16
Lawmakers in Switzerland, where prostitution is legal, have agreed to outlaw it by anyone under 18 years old.
The lower house passed an amendment without opposition Tuesday to its penal codes that would bring Switzerland into conformity with a Council of Europe convention aimed at protecting children from sexual exploitation. It must be reconciled with the upper chamber, which approved a slightly different version.
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This sort of thing is seriously cramping my style.
1. Cuckoo clocks
2.Chocolate
3. Jailbait hookers
4. Financial privacy
I wonder if they heard any testimony from 16 and 17 year old prostitutes; after all, they are the ones having their rights limited.
Make that "freedom", rather than "rights" to avoid the "nature of rights" arguments.