Illinois Lawmakers Want Theirs To Be the First State in the Union To Fully Decriminalize Sex Work

‘Is that what our Main Streets are going to look like — the weed shop next to the brothel next to the mini casino?,’ one critic wonders.

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A club popular for sex work in Spain. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images

State lawmakers say they are planning to introduce legislation this week in Illinois that would make it the first state in America to decriminalize sex work statewide. 

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