Portal:Prostitution/Anniversaries/December


 * 1st
 * 1992: The Prostitution Act 1992 (Anna's Law), came into force in the Australian Capital Territory. The law regulated prostitution in the Territory.
 * 6th
 * 2014: The Parliament of Canada passed legislation to criminalise the buying of sex.
 * 13th
 * 1994: The Prostitution Control Act 1994 was passed into law in Victoria, Australia. This legislation regulated prostitution in the state.
 * 17th
 * 2003: First International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. The event has taken place annually since then.
 * 20th
 * 2013: The Supreme Court of Canada struck down the country's prostitution laws, finding that bans on street soliciting, brothels and people living off the avails of prostitution create severe dangers for vulnerable women.
 * 30th
 * 1965: Birth of Heidi Fleiss (the Hollywood Madam), an American former madam, and television personality who was imprisoned for running a prostitution ring based in Los Angeles.
 * 31st
 * 2018: The Israeli Knesset passed legislation which criminalises the buying of sex.