(For a transcript version, scroll down to "Act One": https://www.thisamericanlife.org/740/transcript)
> Kara: Let me make it very clear, I was still an independent sex worker for a while after SESTA-FOSTA, so it didn't work. SESTA-FOSTA didn't stop me. It hindered me a few times.
> Kara: It got less safer. I wasn't able to be able to screen my calls the way that I should have. It became a headache, but it never stopped me.
> Lina Misitzis: It was always Kara's plan to stop doing sex work. She wanted to finish school, get a different job, try starting a family. But when the law passed, it threw a wrench in her plan. She made a lot less money at sex work, which slowed down her progress and her ability to reach her goals. So the law didn't push her out of sex work, she says. If anything, it kept her in it for longer.
I'm curious, have there been any impact reports on how this law has affected sex trafficing? I haven't heard of any numbers. The only thing I know is that Craigslist took down their personal ads.