Spanish Prime Minister Pledges to Outlaw Prostitution
Pedro Sánchez vows to end enslavement of women.
Pedro Sánchez vows to end enslavement of women.
“Prostitution does injury to the dignity of the person who engages in it, reducing the person to an instrument of sexual pleasure. The one who pays sins gravely against himself: he violates the chastity to which his Baptism pledged him and defiles his body, the temple of the Holy Spirit. Prostitution is a social scourge.” (CCC 2355)
Human Rights Watch reports that Syrian refugees’ lack of legal status makes them prime targets of exploitation with ripple effects throughout all of Lebanese society.
While the U.S. debates the integrity of the refugee program vs. the risks, the situation of Syrian refugees grows more desperate in countries such as Lebanon and Jordan, which can no longer sustain them.
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