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Sex trafficking ordinance targets massage therapists

Massage therapist Susan Carlson holds up the sign that city lawmakers are proposing be required in all massage therapy businesses at the Human Trafficking Task Force meeting. 
(Jonathan McNiven photo)

There are over 200 licensed massage therapists in the city of Billings. Recently, a city ordinance was introduced with the expressed purpose of protecting massage therapists while cracking down on human traffickers running brothels under the guise of a massage business, but many massage therapists are taking extreme offense to the wording of the ordinance, saying that it will be more harmful than beneficial. read more