Dear Friend,
Human trafficking remains a major threat to public safety, health, and human rights throughout the United States, but the absence of solid data about its true scope and character impairs efforts to effectively respond. It’s been 20 years since the Trafficking Victims Protection Act established human trafficking as a distinct form of crime, but there are still no solid sources of data. Consequently, no consensus has formed around fundamental issues such as its national scope (in regards to both prevalence and incidence), trends, regional variations, and more.
Senator Josh Hawley’s bill, the “Human Trafficking Research Act of 2020,” would fund research on human trafficking victims in order to find more effective solutions for helping them and preventing future exploitation.
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation has
endorsed the bill and now your help is needed and MASSIVELY IMPORTANT!
We need the movement to end sexual exploitation, made up of passionate advocates such as yourself, to take a moment to advocate to Congress the importance of passing this bill. Members of Congress are MOST responsive to requests from their constituents because those are the ones who elect them to office.
To make your advocacy efforts more seamless, we’ve made an easy-to-use action that allows you to quickly email and tweet your senators in order to express your support of the Human Trafficking Research Act of 2020 and to encourage them to support it as well.
