{"id":237387,"date":"2021-01-14T17:42:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T23:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=237387"},"modified":"2021-01-18T11:34:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T17:34:38","slug":"red-flags-abortion-industry-child-sex-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/red-flags-abortion-industry-child-sex-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Red flags: Abortion industry turns blind eye to common signs of child sex trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"
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January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and just days ago,\u00a0the Department of Justice (DOJ)\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0sentencing of a Florida man\u00a0for sex trafficking of a child under the age of 14. The man reportedly “directly participated in a scheme that sexually exploited children in the Philippines in order to produce child sex-abuse videos for his consumption.”<\/p>\n

The press release is horrific, discussing how the man, Christopher John Streeter, “communicated and transacted with Philippines-based facilitators to recruit children to engage in sex acts on camera” with children “as young as 12 and 13 years of age [who] were particularly vulnerable due to poverty and illness.” He paid extra for video featuring the young victims being put at risk of pregnancy, “including additional payment for emergency contraception pills and, occasionally, for abortions,” according to the press release.\u00a0The investigation resulted in the rescue of six victims.<\/p>\n

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Christopher John Streeter arrested for sex trafficking (Image: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p><\/div>\n

No, this is not fiction. Sickening acts like this take place on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

Live Action News has\u00a0documented<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0an important indicator or\u00a0red flag<\/a>\u00a0of sex trafficking victims often includes numerous abortions, pregnancies and miscarriages. Other red flags can include the frequent use of emergency contraception, as well as a teen being accompanied by an older boyfriend or an adult that is not a family member. Sexual abusers look for ways to either prevent pregnancy or force abortions on their victims<\/a> to cover their crimes.<\/p>\n

And far too often, the abortion industry \u2014 including Planned Parenthood \u2014 are all too\u00a0willing<\/a>\u00a0to help.<\/p>\n

Signs of sex trafficking may include “seeking treatment for sexually transmitted infections, presenting with a history of substance abuse problems, seeking an abortion and\/or with a history of multiple abortions,” among other things, wrote\u00a0the American Psychological Association (APA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Additional indicators of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), published<\/a>\u00a0by the Academy of Pediatrics, include:<\/p>\n