In summer 2014 John Kasich signed a law aimed at reducing the demand for sex-for-sale. It is known as the “End Demand Act” and it had many factors that contributed to the harsher penalties for human trafficking. Perhaps the most severe punishment is that paying for sex with minors upgraded from a first-degree misdemeanor to a third or fifth-degree felony. Significantly, the new law means prosecutors can automatically charge someone with human trafficking who pays for sex with a minor younger than 16 or who is developmentally disabled. Also the bill will prohibit advertising massage and related services with the suggestion or promise of illegal sexual activity. Before, they had to prove the minor was compelled to engage in prostitution to make
