The majority of humanity would agree that sex trafficking is evil. But that majority diminishes when it comes to the issue of abortion. And sadly, an ever-increasing minority would admit that pornography is dangerous. 

What should be concerning is that these three industries are some of the most profitable in the world— and it is no coincidence that each one feeds, preys, and sustains off the other.

Namely, pornography feeds both, and it is now more accessible than ever. 

The average age a kid is exposed to porn is 11 years old, and it is only getting younger. 61 percent of porn is viewed on cell phones, which means it is effectively sitting in your pocket every day. All it takes is one click– for you and your kids. With every new iPhone, social media platform, and internet browser, porn is continuously becoming easier and easier for children to find. Now, they don’t even have to find it. They are waving it around public schools and forcing children to look at it. It’s not only accessible but encouraged. 

At a prestigious private school in New York City, students were conned into a “Pornography Literacy” class, telling them that it was just a normal sex-ed class. In this seminar, they studied “mainstream porn,” different categories of pornography, and what is considered “legal to produce.” 

“Diverse Classroom Library Initiatives” have even been catching steam across the US. In Loudoun County, Virginia, what started as an idea to help kids from all backgrounds be able to see themselves in literature quickly became a manipulative attempt to capture the innocent minds of kids and expose them to explicit images, LGBTQ idealogy, and gender-skewing concepts. Some of these “diverse” books in elementary schools included “Some Girls Bind,” “Weird Girl and What’s His Name,” and “Gender Queer,” all stories that introduce kids to sexually explicit ideas and content at an alarmingly young age. 

These books are in elementary schools. These books could be in your kids’ elementary schools. Your school could receive the next “Porn Literacy” seminar. And these abominations are also the reasons why the average age someone is exposed to porn is rapidly decreasing– and we are allowing it to. Current administrators are encouraging it too. 

And if the decaying of young minds wasn’t concerning enough, the drastic consequences it has on the lives of adults is. 

Being an advocate against pornography is no longer just a Judeo-Christian, Bible-belt value. Science has proven the damaging effects of pornography. Organizations such as Fight the New Drug are not affiliated with any sort of religion, but they are concerned about the consequences. 

Especially the monumental impact the porn industry has on one of the most profitable industries in the world: sex trafficking. 

Sex trafficking is approximately a ninety-nine billion dollar a year industry. What makes it so profitable? The production and demand for pornography. Pornography insists on progressing. It does not stay tame, which is why traffickers profit off the need for more. The more clicks on Pornhub (on top of the 1.1 billion clicks a month), the more views on illegally produced content, and the more people quietly feeding the industry, the more people forced into trafficking and exploitation every single day. The more children forced into dangerous situations. The more mothers forced to give up their babies so that they can stay in the chains of trafficking. The more the abortion industry profits… 

The abortion industry. A multi-billion dollar industry that benefits from the killing of innocent children. One that thrives off the fame and notoriety of Planned Parenthood, an organization that has willingly let the trafficking victims slide under their radars. The Beazley Institute conducted a study that found 114 abortions between 66 victims of sex trafficking. That is just shy of 2 abortions for every woman. 

Abortion clinics and doctors get rich off of their sick practices, and it’s a practice that just so happens to be useful to traffickers. How could they get rich if their main products (people) are pregnant? 

No one lets their kids play with fire because we know more than they do that it can spread and lead to disastrous consequences. Why would we allow them to play with the match that could start the fire in the first place? 

Pornography is the match; sex trafficking and abortion are the flames that burn down the house. All three are a part of a vicious cycle that grows the wealth of evil people pulling the strings and controlling the lives, bodies, and minds of millions of people. And the younger the consumers become, the more accessible the matches become, the longer the cycle continues. 

It’s simple: pornography feeds the demand for sexual exploitation– often of young children, to produce more and more explicit content. Sex trafficking feeds the demand for more abortions because traffickers need to “get rid” of anything– or anyone that would stop their victims from being products they can profit off of. 

The exploitation cycle is evil, and it profits off of every click. 

 

This article contains the opinions of the author.