/tags/prostitution prostitution en-US Copyright Sat, 19 Aug 2023 01:16:48 GMT /politics-government/2023-08-18/with-2-quiet-vetoes-gov-tina-kotek-pushed-back-on-drive-to-decriminalize-sex-work-in-oregon At the end of the 2023 legislative session, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek used her veto power to nix state funding for two studies, totaling $600,000, intended to research the impact of Oregon’s laws prohibiting prostitution. In doing so, she stepped into a centuries-old debate about whether or not the world’s oldest profession can ever be entered into voluntarily — or if it is a legitimate form of work and should instead be decriminalized. Sat, 19 Aug 2023 01:16:48 GMT /politics-government/2023-08-18/with-2-quiet-vetoes-gov-tina-kotek-pushed-back-on-drive-to-decriminalize-sex-work-in-oregon Jonathan Levinson /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-10-28/getting-screwed-by-prostitution-laws Many people have complained about the "war on drugs" as a modern-day version of Prohibition, encouraging the very behaviors it is meant to discourage.… Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:35:15 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-10-28/getting-screwed-by-prostitution-laws Geoffrey Riley