The Assault on Womens Sexual and Reproductive Rights

[Toughy]

Some might say this article belongs in a different thread, however I think there is a correlation.

http://start.toshiba.com/news/recomm...7bb2e3c9fb36be

Most US States Are Ignoring The World's Fastest Growing Criminal Enterprise

Eric Goldschein
February 3, 2012

Business Insider

Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world—but you wouldn't know it based on the laws in most U.S. states.

By CIA estimates, there are 45,000-50,000 victims of sex slavery and trafficking each year in the U.S. alone.

City and state involvement are seen as critical in stopping the crime, around half of which is organized by local pimps, according to a study several years ago by the Justice Department.

Yet despite a call to action by the Department of Defense, and President Obama naming January "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month," most states remain woefully behind in their response to the problem. <snip>

and this outlines state laws:

http://www.sharedhope.org/WhatWeDo/B...iative.aspx#nv