The PSOE will begin the process to abolish prostitution next week

The “abolitionist party”, according to the definition of the PSOE made at the UN by the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, plans to register next week in Congress the bill to abolish prostitution. The proposal will mean criminal cases for those who profit from this business, but people who practice prostitution will be exonerated.

After insisting that the government is “progressive, feminist and abolitionist”, Minister Redondo stated in the press room of the United Nations (UN) that “I am convinced that Spanish society is broadly in favor of abolition.” of prostitution.”

But given the confirmation of “more complex positions” and regarding the division that exists in the feminist movement, the minister pointed out that this is only the beginning of the process and that a dialogue must be generated. “I hope and she hopes that the feminist movement, which has been nourished by different ways of understanding this issue, different accents, different sensitivities, will manage to join this debate and, therefore, join forces and wills.”

If it goes ahead, this regulation would mean modifying the Penal Code, specifically referring to article 187, to include three specific types of penalties regarding pimping or any related action that encourages or promotes prostitution.

Secondly, it referred to the profit obtained from the transfer of spaces for the exercise of this practice and, finally, anyone who agrees or mediates in the performance of acts of prostitution to obtain a benefit will be punished.

“What is certain is that in no case will those people who engage in prostitution be penalized, something that is also very clear in the bill,” Redondo stressed.

In this sense, and since the majority are victims of trafficking, the minister clarified that this will force the Immigration Law to be retouched to provide alternatives to women who abandon prostitution, recognizing, for example, their right to work and reside in Spain.

“We know that the majority are immigrants and, therefore, there is an initiative to recognize the work and stay permit until the status of a victim of trafficking is effectively established,” he insisted.

Their subsequent incorporation into the labor market will require, he maintained, deep work with all the organizations that in one way or another combat sex trafficking “to see together the best way to help them,” he insisted.