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Louisiana effort to decriminalize prostitution fails in Legislature

Louisiana lawmakers split on hair discrimination bill, but advance it

Louisiana lawmakers split on hair discrimination bill, but advance it New Orleans Democratic Sen. Troy Carter said he’ll keep working with Republican lawmakers in hopes of easing their objections Credit: AP Troy Carter speaks at his watch party after he defeated Karen Carter Peterson to win the 2nd Congressional District seat, Saturday, April 24, 2021 in New Orleans. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP) Author: Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press Published: 5:46 AM CDT May 7, 2021 Updated: 5:46 AM CDT May 7, 2021 BATON ROUGE, La. A proposal aimed at ending discrimination against Black people who choose to wear their hair naturally breezed through the Senate, but ran into a thornier hearing with Republican House lawmakers. 

Louisiana effort to decriminalize prostitution fails in Legislature

View Comments A bill to decriminalize prostitution failed in a Louisiana House committee Tuesday after a hearing in which current and former sex workers delivered sometimes emotional testimony about being marginalized because of their occupation. New Orleans Democratic state Rep. Mandie Landry voluntarily deferred her House Bill 67 to decriminalize prostitution after it was clear the House Criminal Justice Committee was going to kill it on a vote. Landry and other supporters emphasized the bill wouldn t legalize prostitution or rollback laws against sex trafficking, which forces people, including minors, into sex work. But opponents testified that decriminalization would increase trafficking, wreck more lives and sends the wrong message to children.

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