Rhoda Perry (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rhoda Perry is a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate, representing the 3rd District (Providence's East Side). Perry is the chairwoman of Senate Committee on Health & Human Services and a member, Senate Committee on Judiciary. Rhoda Perry was the first legislator in Rhode Island to attempt to change the prostitution law. In 2005 Senator Perry submitted a bill to change the prostitution law, but later withdrew her support for the bill stating "I want to get at the source, not the poor woman who was being used in this way," After withdrawing her support for a prostitution law, Perry lobbied for and passed a Human Trafficking bill in 2007 and submitted another bill in 2009 to strengthen the previously passed law.