“There is a disturbing trend happening across the country,and we can now add one more casualty to the list of Things-That-Shouldn’t-Be-Illegal-But-Are: condoms. Though condoms themselves are not illegal,in many cities they can be used as the basis for police harassment and arrest or as evidence of prostitution in court. In New York City, Washington DC and San Francisco, police are using the number of condoms women are carrying to justify profiling them as prostitutes, and even to bolster an arrest on charges of sexual solicitation.”
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From: Arrested for Carrying Condoms? - NC Harm Reduction Coalition on Daily Kos, 1/13/12
Criminalizing condoms totally undermines public health.
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what the fuuucckkkk
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This is not new. It has long been semi-illegal in DC to carry more than 3 condoms without being profiled as solicitation, that number is specifically what police are told to go off of. Rather than doing any manner of good, (female) sex workers are being put in a position where they may end up without any protection.
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