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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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You My Sister ​youmysister​.​org​.​ukPetition StarterWe support survivors of prostitution. We support the 70% with PTSD, the 60% with traumatic brain injury. We cannot help the 10% who commit suicide, those who overdose or those who are murdered - at a higher rate than a combat solider.

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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

avatar of the starter
You My Sister ​youmysister​.​org​.​ukPetition StarterWe support survivors of prostitution. We support the 70% with PTSD, the 60% with traumatic brain injury. We cannot help the 10% who commit suicide, those who overdose or those who are murdered - at a higher rate than a combat solider.

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Petition created on 21 November 2025