ESPLER Project
ESPLER Project Files Brief to Have Calif. Sex Worker Statute Tossed
The ESPLER Project on Friday filed a brief with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in its case challenging California’s anti-prostitution law on the grounds that it is unconstitutional.
ESPLER Project Joins Opposition to Prop 60
The Erotic Service Providers Legal, Education and Research Project tonight urged Californians to oppose ballot Proposition 60 in November.
ESPLER Project: Bad Laws Lead to Decreased Public Safety
A Bay Area scandal involving several police departments shows why criminalization of sex workers encourages abuse and corruption, according to the ESPLER Project.
ESPLER Project Appeals Decision, Seeks Donations
The ESPLER Project today appealed an order that dismissed its legal challenge to California’s anti-prostitution law, Penal Code 647(b).
Bree Olson Joins ESPLER Project's Push to Fight Sex Worker Discrimination
Former adult star Bree Olson is joining forces with the ESPLER Project in a push to demand that California legislators act to outlaw discrimination for all types of sex workers.
U.S. Judge Tosses Challenge to Calif. Anti-Prostitution Law
The ESPLER Project may appeal an order issued yesterday that dismissed its legal challenge to California’s anti-prostitution law, Penal Code 647(b).
ESPLER Project: End the Anti-Trafficking Scam
ESPLER Project today called on federal and state oversight bodies, including the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and California’s Department of Finance to deliver “proper oversight” of anti-trafficking organizations in receipt of federal or state funds.
N.H. Lawmakers Weigh Decriminalizing Prostitution
New Hampshire lawmakers are considering to decriminalize prostitution statewide.
ESPLERP: Super Bowl Sex Trafficking Myth Won't Go Away
The Erotic Service Providers Legal Education and Research Project (ESPLERP) today called on the media not to help spread the discredited urban myth that there is an increase in sex-trafficking around major sports events such as the Super Bowl.
ESPLER Files Brief in Case Challenging Calif.'s Anti-Prostitution Law
Plaintiffs lawyers in the case challenging the constitutionality of California’s anti-prostitution law filed a supplemental brief last week, outlining how last June’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning state bans on same-sex marriage supports their arguments — that the rights of sex workers and their clients deserve similar legal protection.
Bay Area Sex Workers to Hold Presser, Rally Tomorrow
Tomorrow, sex worker groups from around the Bay Area will convene for a press conference and rally outside the federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif.
ESPLER Project’s Doogan to Speak Today to Legislators
Maxine Doogan, president of Erotic Services Providers Providers Legal Education and Research Project, or ESPLER Project, today will present at the California State Assembly’s Committee on Public Safety an informational hearing on human trafficking.
Amnesty International Votes to Support Decriminalization of Sex Work
Amnesty International today adopted a resolution to develop a policy that supports the full decriminalization of all aspects of consensual sex work.
Optimism Prevails in Sex Workers' Calif. Challenge
Sex workers and their supporters looking forward to their day in court will have to wait a little longer, ESPLER Project president Maxine Doogan said in an announcement this morning.
AG Seeks to Toss ESPLER’s Suit to Overturn Calif.'s Prostitution Statute
ESPLER’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of California's law against prostitution fails to state a claim, according to a motion to dismiss from the state's attorney general, Kamala Harris.
ESPLER’s Litigation Pledge Drive Canceled by GoFundMe
ESPLER, the San Francisco-based sexual privacy organization that filed suit last week to overturn California’s 54-year-old prostitution statute, has found its pledge drive campaign on GoFundMe yanked.
Sexual Privacy, Right to Earn Living at Heart of ESPLER’s Suit
ESPLER’s lawsuit that seeks to overturn California’s 54-year-old prostitution statute contends that the law breaks both the federal and state constitutions.
Federal Suit Targets Calif. Prostitution Law
The Erotic Service Providers Legal, Education and Research Project (ESPLER) plans to file a federal lawsuit today at 11 a.m. seeking to overturn Section 647(b) of the California Penal Code, the state’s prostitution statute.