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On 17 March 2022, the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium authorized a sexual crimes legislation reform bill, developed under the duty of Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne. The reform bill inter alia envisioned a phased decriminalisation of intercourse work for adults (18 years or older). Ellen Page burst into pop culture relevance when "Juno" was released in 2007. However, the movie she starred in two years earlier was not a quirky coming of age story. Sex staff who proceed to work after testing HIV-constructive might be punished with two to 10 years in prison or a $10,000 positive. The 1979 legal amendments decriminalised public soliciting and for sex workers to be discovered on premises used for prostitution, whereas brothel-maintaining was nonetheless criminal per the Disorderly Houses Act, and advertising and selling sexual providers underneath the guise of different services equivalent to therapeutic massage had been criminalised; because of this, street prostitution boomed. |
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