To end human trafficking in America, we must stop the demand. The #1 buyer of sex with a minor in the U.S. is a male who makes over $100,000 a year, is married, and has two children. Therefore, we must see that the root cause of sexual exploitation is the breakdown of the nuclear family. The impact of fatherlessness, pornography, and a hyper-sexualized culture is rapidly destroying the importance of family the way God intended.

Governor Murphy mandated school curricula changes to permit access to blatant pornography and signed legislation to protect sex apps used by adults to groom children. These actions made it easier for human traffickers to target children. Now the legislature is attempting to correct the problem they helped Murphy to make by enacting anti-human trafficking legislation. We support these efforts, but they are akin to placing a bandaid on a gushing wound.  The legislature needs to address what they did to enable sexual predators and repeal it. 

We strongly support and urge the passage of the following pieces of legislation:

A5303 Sponsor Ellen Park LD 37 Requires AG to review Statewide policy regarding investigation of human trafficking, 

A5304 Sponsor Ellen Park LD 37 Upgrades penalties for certain prostitution crimes; creates crimes of leader of prostitution network and participant in prostitution network. 

A1185 Sponsor Carol A Murphy LD 7 Upgrades offense of prostitution as patron; directs fines collected to "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund."