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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Thu May 8, 2014, 01:00 PM May 2014

Advocates lobby for bill giving access to condoms

AP

ALBANY — Advocates are holding a panel on legislation that would prevent police from using condoms as evidence of prostitution.

The Access for Condoms Coalition and New York Civil Liberties Union plan a “teach-in” in Albany to discuss the bill and its health implications.

http://www.troyrecord.com/general-news/20140507/advocates-lobby-for-bill-giving-access-to-condoms

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Advocates lobby for bill giving access to condoms (Original Post) hrmjustin May 2014 OP
There are many people carrying condoms who are not prostitutes. In_The_Wind May 2014 #1
I know. The current law is criminal and dangerous. hrmjustin May 2014 #2

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
1. There are many people carrying condoms who are not prostitutes.
Thu May 8, 2014, 01:33 PM
May 2014
Under current law police and prosecutors can use the possession of condoms as evidence of prostitution-related offenses.


IMO: The current law is absurd.
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