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MSPs Back Controversial Bill to Criminalize Buying Sex

11/18/2025

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Rhoda Grant, MSP, and Ruth Maguire, MSP, back Ash Regan's Prostitution (Offences and Support) Bill.
The bill would criminalize buying sex and decriminalize selling sex, backed by Police Scotland, with penalties of £10,000.
Ash Regan, the bill's proposer, says prostitution is violence against women, a view also held by the Scottish Government and the United Nations.
A poll shows 67% support criminalizing buying sex and 87% support decriminalizing selling sex.

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Rhoda Grant, MSP, and Ruth Maguire, MSP, back Ash Regan's Prostitution (Offences and Support) Bill.
The bill would criminalize buying sex and decriminalize selling sex, backed by Police Scotland, with penalties of £10,000.
Ash Regan, the bill's proposer, says prostitution is violence against women, a view also held by the Scottish Government and the United Nations.
A poll shows 67% support criminalizing buying sex and 87% support decriminalizing selling sex.