Internationally-linked crime rings pull in six times the amount generated by global development aid, says UN report

How much of the human trafficking do you think occurred in Israel and America?

Read more: Global mafia nets $870 billion annually

The brutal realities of giving birth in Kenya’s public hospitals — and what happens when you can’t pay…

Instead of funding warlords, is it so out of the question to fund some clinics so women aren’t butchered and extorted during childbirth?

Read more: Pregnant in Kenya: Imprisoned for giving birth

Believing if you are on a “highway to hell” could impact whether or not if you commit a crime.

Do you think it is telling that a belief in heaven with no notion of hell is more often a basis for ‘sin’?

Read more: Study- People Who Believe In Heaven Commit More Crimes

‘How far are the Catholic bishops willing to go with their crackdown on reproductive health? Just ask a teenage girl forced into prostitution.’

Read more: Sex and the Vatican City- The War on Women: Sex-Trafficking Edition

‘For months, Catholic religious leaders have waged a PR campaign criticizing the Obama administration for allegedly infringing on their religious liberties. They’ve blasted, among other things, an administration requirement (since rescinded) that institutions affiliated with religious organizations offer contraceptive coverage in their health insurance plans. Religious conservatives are also fuming that the administration declined to renew a contract with the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to provide services for human trafficking victims, because the group refused to provide referrals for contraception and abortion to sexual assault victims.’

Read more: What War on Religion?

“As the father of a daughter who is near the age that many of these girls are sold, and as a rabbi who works on the difficult issue of educating young men, I had to come to terms with the reality that Israeli sex traffickers have enslaved close to 4,000 minors and the police have done relatively little to stop it. And as I read more about the growth of the sex trade industry, I became increasingly convinced that this is one issue that men should be standing up for. Certainly we should be standing up because we are generally compassionate and decent beings and we believe that these women and girls are victims of a horrific form of indignity. But we should also be standing up because of the corrosive effect that the rising success of the global sex trafficking business is having on men.”

Read more: Will Men Stand Up Against Illegal Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery in Israel?

‘While Indianapolis businesses prepare to greet thousands of enthusiastic sports fans, local nuns are working make sure the celebration surrounding Super Bowl XLVI doesn’t include incidents of human trafficking. Eleven congregations of Catholic nuns have partnered with Indianapolis area hotels to educate workers about prostitution and sex trafficking, which are often byproducts of large sporting events, according to the Catholic News Service.’

Read/Watch more: [VIDEO] Nuns Fight To Ward Off Human Trafficking At Super Bowl