According to the organization Shared Hope International, Tennessee and Florida are two of the best states in combating sex trafficking, while the remaining 48 states lag far behind.
According to one source, Tennessee was the only state to earn a grade A, and Florida was the only state to earn a grade B. report Written by Shared Hope International.
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Given that Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) have explicitly advocated for child protection, Tennessee and Florida may It may not surprise many that it is better than other states when it comes to fighting. priorities in each state.
Meanwhile, only seven states received a C grade: California, Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada, Louisiana, Texas, and Washington State. Nine states received her D rating: Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Utah.
Notably, the majority of U.S. states (32 states in total) received an F grade for combating sex trafficking.
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The states that failed are:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota , Ohio, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Shared Hope International considers states when rating states: “Reflecting federal law, state child sex trafficking laws prohibit the ‘purchasing’ of minors for sexual purposes. or ‘patronizing’ should be clearly applied to the conduct of purchasers by making it a crime.” Regardless of the age of the child. ”
“In addition to using child sex trafficking laws to prosecute purchasers, law enforcement and prosecutors should be able to investigate and prosecute a wide range of purchaser conduct under state CSEC laws.” each organization added. “These laws must clearly apply to purchasers by criminalizing the act or attempt to solicit, purchase, or patronize a minor for sexual activity, without requiring additional restrictive acts. No need.”
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