Child safety officials in Brisbane Australia are desperately trying to trace a heavily pregnant woman who is actively working as a prostitute.
The woman in question is reported to be in her twenties, addicted to heroin and eight months pregnant. She has advertised her services online and is targeting men with a “pregnancy fetish”.
In the ads the woman describes herself as a “damsel in distress” after her boyfriend dumped her whilst heavily pregnant and with no other means to support herself. She had previously worked as a prostitute and “retired” a number of years ago, but says she now finds it necessary to return to work again.
“It would be just near impossible or silly to find any type of employment or an employer that would employ someone for a few weeks … so’ I have decided to resume working” she states in her advertisement.
Australian newspaper Courier Mail have tried to contact the woman directly, and have reported the case to a Child Welfare organisation. However despite the obvious risks to the unborn child from sexually transmitted diseases and the mother’s drug use the authorities are unable to act other than to offer the woman counselling. It isn’t legal to intervene to protect a child until it is actually born.
