Stand with Survivors - Criminalise Sex Buyers


Stand with Survivors - Criminalise Sex Buyers
The Issue
SUPPORT ALL ASPECTS OF THE 'UNBUYABLE' BILL
The Scottish Parliament is currently considering a Law to:
- Decriminalise everyone Selling Sex/Bought
- Support the 90% who are desperate to get out
- Criminalise Sex Buyers
Criminalising the buyers responsible for much of the extreme violence of prostitution and supporting the many to escape:
- Shrinks the Sex Industry
- Increases Safety, Rights & Income for those in Prostitution
- A smaller industry makes it much less profitable for Pimps - so Trafficking & Child Prostitution reduces
Laws like Unbuyable have been enacted elsewhere with a 25 year track record of success (when properly implemented).
DISCREDITED RESEARCH
It has come to our attention that Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) are considering research which claims the UNBUYABLE Law does not work.
Despite being published by reputable bodies (like the Lancet, LSE, Medicine du Monde) much of this research is from clearly unreliable sources:
- Group set up by an Escort Site Ireland
- NGO seeking to decriminalise sex trafficking New Zealand
- Multiple Brothel Keepers New Zealand
- Supporter of Child Prostitution N Ireland
- Amnesty after being lobbied by one of the UK's largest pimps
- UNAids after being lobbied by a known pimp, since convicted of sex trafficking
This research has been comprehensively refuted, including by Data Analysts, Governments, the European Court of Human Rights and the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls.
A Useful Summary can be found here: www.notbuyingit.org.uk/'research'
OTHER INCORRECT INFORMATION
MSPs are also considering other incorrect information:
- Women are less safe when Buyers are Criminalised
- An Online Safety App will be Banned
- Only people who want to get out will be supported
- 2-Person Brothels are Safe
- You have to solve Global Poverty first
More here: www.sexwork.org.uk/myths
UNBUYABLE LAWS WORK
The ultimate proof of a Law's success is how many pay the ultimate price:
NEW ZEALAND:
- Buyers/Profiteers Decriminalised. Industry Deregulated.
- One of the Highest known Murder Rates in Prostitution.
SWEDEN:
- 25 years of 'UNBUYABLE' Law.
- Zero Prostitution-Related Murders.
WHEREVER YOU ARE
SUPPORT THE UNBUYABLE BILL IN FULL
STAND WITH SURVIVORS
STAND WITH THE 90% DESPERATE TO ESCAPE PROSTITUTION

1,087
The Issue
SUPPORT ALL ASPECTS OF THE 'UNBUYABLE' BILL
The Scottish Parliament is currently considering a Law to:
- Decriminalise everyone Selling Sex/Bought
- Support the 90% who are desperate to get out
- Criminalise Sex Buyers
Criminalising the buyers responsible for much of the extreme violence of prostitution and supporting the many to escape:
- Shrinks the Sex Industry
- Increases Safety, Rights & Income for those in Prostitution
- A smaller industry makes it much less profitable for Pimps - so Trafficking & Child Prostitution reduces
Laws like Unbuyable have been enacted elsewhere with a 25 year track record of success (when properly implemented).
DISCREDITED RESEARCH
It has come to our attention that Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) are considering research which claims the UNBUYABLE Law does not work.
Despite being published by reputable bodies (like the Lancet, LSE, Medicine du Monde) much of this research is from clearly unreliable sources:
- Group set up by an Escort Site Ireland
- NGO seeking to decriminalise sex trafficking New Zealand
- Multiple Brothel Keepers New Zealand
- Supporter of Child Prostitution N Ireland
- Amnesty after being lobbied by one of the UK's largest pimps
- UNAids after being lobbied by a known pimp, since convicted of sex trafficking
This research has been comprehensively refuted, including by Data Analysts, Governments, the European Court of Human Rights and the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls.
A Useful Summary can be found here: www.notbuyingit.org.uk/'research'
OTHER INCORRECT INFORMATION
MSPs are also considering other incorrect information:
- Women are less safe when Buyers are Criminalised
- An Online Safety App will be Banned
- Only people who want to get out will be supported
- 2-Person Brothels are Safe
- You have to solve Global Poverty first
More here: www.sexwork.org.uk/myths
UNBUYABLE LAWS WORK
The ultimate proof of a Law's success is how many pay the ultimate price:
NEW ZEALAND:
- Buyers/Profiteers Decriminalised. Industry Deregulated.
- One of the Highest known Murder Rates in Prostitution.
SWEDEN:
- 25 years of 'UNBUYABLE' Law.
- Zero Prostitution-Related Murders.
WHEREVER YOU ARE
SUPPORT THE UNBUYABLE BILL IN FULL
STAND WITH SURVIVORS
STAND WITH THE 90% DESPERATE TO ESCAPE PROSTITUTION

1,087
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Petition created on 21 November 2025