<<Just sell the girls into prostitution at 12 when you can't afford to feed them.>>
Twelve? Lucky girls.
Overpopulation, and the poverty it creates, and fear of AIDS, all guarantee an increasing supply of child prostitutes. Bush's first act as president was to cut funds for contraceptive services and other health services to any clinic that told a woman about abortion as a possibility, even if they didn't do abortions.
"Every year, an estimated 1 million children worldwide are lured and forced into child prostitution.... Globally, as many as ten million children could be enslaved in child prostitution, the sex industry, sex tourism and pornography...Poverty is the greatest factor in the child prostitution explosion.."The children being tricked into prostitution are getting younger and younger. These are nine, ten, eleven, twelve year
old kids."...
Experts warn that the trend will increase unless action is taken.
...The 8-year-old was raped by American, Australian and Japanese men. When the 12-year-old tried to resist, her sister held her arms and another pimp held the girl's legs so that American men could rape her more easily.
...men throughout Asia are turning toward younger and younger children, partly because they are deemed less likely to be infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
In fact, the children are greater risks because of their youth: Their vaginas and anuses are easily torn, creating sores and bleeding that permit the AIDS virus to spread.
vinsight.org
"Father Bruno Secci, a Catholic priest who has been working with street children since 1973 says: "When I began, there were a very few girl prostitutes. Now it is common to find girls of 9, 10 and 11 years old."
" A recent Chamber of Commerce study concludes that the number of prostitutes aged between 8 to 13 in Bogota has quintupled in the past seven years.
A Japanese paediatrician, Dr. Hisayoshi Maruyama, was accused of abusing 9 children in the Philippines, including one 7-year old girl who could be incurably traumatised. He was released after paying bail money.
"Sri Lanka is becoming notorious as a destination for paedophiles... nearly all the victims are boys, aged between six and 14 . A boy can earn as much fellating a tourist - 200 rupees (£2.25) - as carrying brick
for 12 hours. So far, no foreigner has been jailed for child abuse in Sri Lanka."
jubileeaction.co.uk
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AT HOME ABROAD
Bush and AIDS, By ANTHONY LEWIS, excerpts.
...Every day about 15,000 are newly infected with
H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS.
.... As millions die
around the world, leaving millions of orphans —
as whole societies crumble — our moral
posture will be challenged. So will our economic
outlook, based as it is on global prosperity.
... George W. Bush, in his first major decision as
president, took an action that will increase the
spread of AIDS. That was his decision to deny
U.S. aid to family-planning organizations abroad
that inform women about medical options
including abortion.
Government funding of abortions abroad has
been prohibited by law since 1973. The Bush
rule says that clinics in developing countries
will lose U.S. funds if they even discuss
abortion with their patients....
...The result? Families will not get
contraceptives. Without them, more people will
be infected with H.I.V. — and in due course
develop AIDS.
nytimes.com |
