Articles by   Laila Mickelwait

On Wednesday, Canadian Members of Parliament from four parties sent a strongly worded open letter to Canada’s Minister of Justice, Attorney General David Lametti, along with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, demanding a government response to the widespread injustices being perpetuated...

This oped, written by our Director of Abolition Laila Mickelwait, was originally published here on the New York Post. Pornhub, the world’s most popular porn site, has been ­under fire in recent months for featuring videos of sex-trafficking victims—including a...

On the heels of consistent breaking stories of sexual abuse scandals being uncovered in the Church at the hands of men in positions of power, news broke this week of a yet another tragedy. This time mega-church leader Joaquín García...

Forty-eight years ago prostitution was legalized in Nevada and as a result, Nevada has developed into a breeding ground for sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. In fact, Nevada has the highest rate of prostitution in the country—its illegal sex...

Waterboarding, electrocution, tying a person up with ropes and chains then gagging them and tormenting them with instruments, as well as urinating on them and defecating on their face and body, are all part of the landscape of acceptable porn...

On December 31, as 2018 was coming to a close and the dawn of 2019 was on the horizon, the members of the Israeli Knesset joined together, in Jerusalem, to make a united, historic declaration about the values of their...