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Chris Smith: If we create these new norms of understanding that this is not about child prostitution, that this is child rape and the…

On the recordMay 1, 2017
If we create these new norms of understanding that this is not about child prostitution, that this is child rape and the perpetrators have to be treated accordingly, that is when we will see a shift.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith emphasizes the need to redefine child exploitation as child rape for effective legal change.

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