Terri jean bedford biography of william hill

In the Bedford"' case, the appellants, Terri Jean Bedford, Valerie Scott, and Amy Lebovitch, challenged the constitutionality of Canada’s prostitution laws under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which protects the right to life, liberty, and security of the person.

The argument in Bedford essentially centred on how the prostitution laws made sex work more dangerous for sex workers,^[1] which violated their right to security of the person. The appellants’ arguments in the case were narrowly focused on this Charter right, and they themselves did not pursue any kind of argument on dignity grounds.

While the appellants did not pursue dignity-based arguments, the concept was, however, deployed by the state and national governments, who were, of course, arguing that the prostitution laws were compatible with the Canadian

Charter.

The dignity-based arguments, while taking slightly different forms for each of the provisions being challenged