Dear Friends,

Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA and the US PROStitutes Collective are asking for your help in opposing provisions in House Bill HR 3887 passed in the US House of Representatives on December 4, 2007 and now before the US Senate.

HR 3887 is part of a campaign to use justifiable concern about trafficking to promote a moralistic and dangerous crusade against prostitutioni – a crusade we are determined to stop.

Talking Points Against End Demand Act

Initiatives to “end demand” for prostitution harm women and undermine good programs. The Bush Administration has been aggressive in pushing the idea of “ending demand for prostitution” saying that this can help women and promote rights. In December 2005 new provisions about “ending demand for commercial sexual services” were incorporated into the Re-authorization Act the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). In reality these programs do not stop men from seeking sexual