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title: ""But at the New Hampshire bill's initial hearing, several lawmakers…"
date: 2016-02-01
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# "But at the New Hampshire bill's initial hearing, several lawmakers…

*February 1, 2016 · Facebook*

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[http://reason.com/blog/2016/02/01/prostitution-decriminalization-debated-i](http://reason.com/blog/2016/02/01/prostitution-decriminalization-debated-i){target="_blank"}
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\"But at the New Hampshire bill\'s initial hearing, several lawmakers were skeptical.\
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Rep. Dick Marston (R-Hillsborough) opposes the bill and is surprised by its introduction from female legislators, demanding they answer for the fact that some married men might cheat with sex workers. \"I think I have a good handle on how my wife would feel if I used the services of a sex \... prostitute,\" Rep. Marston said at the committee hearing, \"how my wife would feel, and how many other women would feel when their husbands do that. \[The bill\] doesn\'t say that this is only good for as long as you\'re doing it with an unmarried man. I just have a problem with this bill from a woman\'s point of view.\"\
\"You probably should not go see a prostitute, it would make your wife unhappy, I agree with that,\" responded Rep. Edwards. \"But people \[have sex\] outside of marriage right now. \... It\'s not like having a law that requires us to arrest sex workers means that everyone is faithful in their marriage.\"
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