Top Canada court strikes down prostitution restrictions

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Top Canada court strikes down prostitution restrictions

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/canada-high-court-strikes-down-restrictions-prostitution-150341447--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wADf_iW7H74yAcJWFaeTqg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-12-20T215130Z_2_CBRE9BJ1BY800_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-PROSTITUTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Bedford, one of three current and former sex workers who initiated a challenge to Canada's prostitution laws, flashes a victory sign while speaking with journalists at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa" align="left" title="Bedford, one of three current and former sex workers who initiated a challenge to Canada's prostitution laws, flashes a victory sign while speaking with journalists at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa" border="0" /></a>By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Supreme Court on Friday struck down major restrictions on prostitution, including bans on brothels and street solicitation, declaring the laws unconstitutional because they compromised the safety of sex workers. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin dismissed the federal government's argument that it was prostitution itself, not the laws that govern it, that puts prostitutes at risk. McLachlin said a law that banned brothels - what she called &quot;safe havens&quot; for prostitutes - could expose them to predators. &quot;It makes no difference that the conduct of pimps and johns is the immediate source of the harms suffered by prostitutes.&quot; Justice Minister Peter MacKay said the Conservative government was concerned with the ruling.</p><br clear="all"/>

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