Human Trafficking Victims: VAWA Supporters Just Didn’t Care

By: American Decency Staff

 

Sen. Patrick Leahy's (D-Vermont) amendment to this Senate version of VAWA absolutely obliterates the Trafficking in Persons office (TIP Office), seeks the decriminalization of prostitution for minors by wreaking havoc on language in the Model State Law, and tramples the conscience protections of groups like the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, that have a history of hands-on help for victims.

What an injustice. Thanks to Sen. Leahy's amendment, VAWA included a major hit to the office currently leading the United States' global engagement in the fight against human trafficking, the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking Persons (TIP Office), by cutting its funding by sixty four percent and paving the way for staffing numbers to drop like a rock.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/human-trafficking-victims-vawa-supporters-just-didnt-care-91118/#fvQaHkCuzfK0kpDR.99 

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