I could not possibly agree with you more. I for one will make some time to write my Congressman, and I hope others will as well.

If this isn't something the members of TER can't agree with, I imagine we'll never agree on anything.

Great post, and a great cause. Nothing could be more "anti womens rights" than locking up consenting adults on the premise of protecting them.

You can do a couple of things.

1) Do NOT write an e-mail. It's a waste of time.
2) You can write a letter and send it snail mail, but it takes forever for a Congressman's staff to get it with all the anthrax screening.
3) Phone calls are pretty effective. (202) 224-3121 is the Congressial switch board. They can direct you to any of your representatives. Usually all they ask for is your zip code.

The most effective way of making a difference on this would be to call up your representative and ask if you and a few other constitutients could meet him to discuss the issue. Get about a half dozen to a dozen people to come along, and just talk about the issue face to face. Chip in some money for the guy's campaign if you can for an extra added incentive.

Stopping the insanity:
http://www.house.gov/
At the top left, you can plug in your zip code and find your representative's name.
Once you know the name, you can click their name to go to their website and call their local office, or email them or you can call the House operator at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected with your representative's office.
You can use the following, or you can use your own:
"Hi, my name is First & Last Name, and I am a constituent living in[town/city]. I'm calling to urge Congress(woman/man) First and Last Name, to fight against H.R.5575, a bill introduced by Representatives Maloney and Smith that seeks to further victimize disadvantaged women and children under the guise of helping them.
The bill increases resources for law enforcement to arrest and prosecute those who have turned to sex work to support themselves and their families, often these women and children are trying to escape situation of abuse, and they are only further victimized by the trauma of arrest and the inability to seek gainful employment with a criminal history of prostitution on their record.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports slightly over 1200 cases of human trafficking were alleged over a 21 month period of time and only 10% of those were found to be valid, including labor, sex, children and adults, however anti-prostitution organizations disguising themselves as advocates for victims of sex trafficking, have greatly inflated these statistics and often present them without citing their source of information while encouraging support for legislation knowing the legislation has been proven to be harmful to these victims.
These non-government organizations are further exploiting these women and children by fraudulently soliciting funds to help them through donations and attempting to defraud congress by cleverly disguising legislation which would grant them millions of dollars to help these victims, knowing those funds will be unnecessary because they are ensuring those victims will be arrested and sent to jail. For example, the results of the FBI's Lost Innocence Initiative, which is funded to rescue children who are being forced into prostitution, resulted in 69 children and 880 adults rescued and sent to jail from January - December 2010, none of which appear to have been consulted in regards to the mission.
Will the Congress(woman/man) First and Last Name, please help stop legislation which is being presented as helpful to victims by their self-proclaimed "advocates", without first consulting those victims which do still have voices but are currently being ignored because they don't have the money or the resources required to be heard ?