Why stripping should be illegal

Now, that change is going to be reversed. The concern is over the exploitation of women in such establishments.

Wall said that any possible links to human trafficking and organized crime are too serious to turn a blind eye. Regina City Council recently rejected a proposal for a strip bar in an industrial area after establishing zoning rules.

A Christian group applauded the move, although others thought the city had no right to reject a legal business that followed all the rules. Try our poll about the end again of stripping in bars. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More. TEXAS — Hundreds of workers at strip clubs and other adult entertainment venues in Texas lost their jobs overnight last week due to a new law prohibiting the employment of anyone under the age of 21 at so-called sexually oriented businesses.

Greg Abbott, on May 24, signed a law making it a criminal offense for sexually oriented businesses to hire , or year-olds either as employees or contract workers. Club owners, dancers and other employees in the adult entertainment industry accused Texas lawmakers of ripping away the livelihood of not just erotic dancers and strippers, but bartenders, bookkeepers, servers and car valets who are under the age of 21 and also worked at the clubs.

Proponents of the bill argued that passing the law would sever the alleged link between strip clubs and sex trafficking. Joan Huffman, a Republican representing District 17, who authored the bill Abbott signed into law. Bush, the Texas Land Commissioner, who testified in support of the bill in the Senate Jurisprudence Committee hearing last month. Picture taken April 21, Strippers who have stayed put cannot fully make it work yet. Brittney, who drives to San Francisco to work from her home in Sacramento, some two hours away, is not sure it even makes financial sense for her to strip in California anymore.

She is considering occasionally traveling to Las Vegas, where she hopes she can earn more. Some strippers, including Sunnyvale, California-based April Haze, turned to online work when clubs closed.