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14 Tul. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 269 (2005-2006)
The Left, the Right, and the Prostitute: The Making of U.S. Antitrafficking in Persons Policy

handle is hein.journals/tulicl14 and id is 275 raw text is: The Left, the Right, and the Prostitute: The Making of U.S. Antitrafficking in Persons Policy Jacqueline Berman* I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 269 II. AGAINST THE SUPER PIMPS: CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES AND SEX TRAFFICKING ..................................................................... 273 III. THE GLOBAL SISTERHOOD AGAINST SEXUAL SLAVERY: RADICAL FEMINISTS AND SEX TRAFFICKING ................................... 278 IV NOT To BE UPSTAGED: THE UNLIKELY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT AND RADICAL FEMINISTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SEX TRAFFICKING ........................................... 283 V IM(MEDIA)TE INFLUENCE ................................................................. 288 VI. THE UNCOMMON ABOLITIONISM OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY ........... 290 The campaign to end all international trafficking in all forms of prostitution is supported by the feminist Left as well as the Christian Right.' I. INTRODUCTION In 2003, the United States Congress mandated that any organization receiving funds from the U.S. government must declare that it 'does not promote, support or advocate the legalization or practice of prostitution.' When U.S. President George W Bush spoke before the United Nations General Assembly that same year, he made a specific reference to sex trafficking, deeming it a special evil, a somewhat incongruous issue to be raised by an Administration fixated on the post- * Jacqueline Berman is a Senior Research Analyst with Berkeley Policy Associates in Oakland, California, and has published a number of articles on human trafficking. She is currently working on a research project on human trafficking in post-conflict zones, with a specific focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is also completing a manuscript on gender, agency, and trafficking in women. The author would like to thank Ann Jordan for her helpful comments on an earlier draft of this Article. 1. Kate O'Beirne, Of Human Bondage: US. Policy and International Sex Traffickng, NAT'L REV., Mar. 11,2002, at 22. 2. Matt Steinglass, The Question ofRescue, N.Y. TIMES, July 24, 2005, § 6, at 18.

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