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 ==Prostitution==
-In 1864, the British Parliament passed the first piece of legislation that subjected prostitutes to discriminating police controls and sanctions. The legal bais of this practice was the Contagious Diseases Act (CDA), which was altered in extended in 1866 and 1869, but which also managed to provoke strong opposition. The most important protagonist of the repeal movement was Josephine Butler. After inumerous public meetings, professional media work, and intensive lobbying, the CDAs were repealed in 1886.
+From 1864 to 1869, the British Parliament passed so-called Contagious Diseases Acts (CDA). Designed to protect the armed forces of contagious diseases by tightening the control over prostitutes in certain ports and army towns, they started out in 1864 allowing police officers to subject women to compulsory checks for veneral disease and to confine infected ones to locked hospitals ("Lock Hospitals") for up to three months, a period gradually extended to one year with the 1869 Act. While the original act's limitation to a few selected naval ports and army towns was gradually lifted, making the CDA operable in eighteen "subjected districts" by 1869, the year 1869 also marked a turning point. Strong moral objections against the discrimination of women led to the foundation of two national associations demanding the abolition of the Contagious Diseases Acts and an end to the discriminatory practices. Opposition united moralists, feminists and all those concerned with civil liberties. In 1886, the Acts were repealed, and abolitionism had won yet another victory.
-, Intensive work on public opinion After convincing large parts of the public finally the abolition of this discriminating practice.
-birth of a new abolitionist movement and the. What caused the conflict was the discriminating control of prostitutes on the grounds of the so-called Contagious Diseases Act, a piece of legislation first passed by Parliament in 1864, and altered and expanded in 1866 and 1869. In 1862, a committee was established to inquire into venereal disease in the armed forces; on its recommendation the first Contagious Diseases Act was passed. The legislation allowed police officers to arrest prostitutes in certain ports and army towns, and the women were then subjected to compulsory checks for venereal disease. If a woman was declared to be infected, she would be confined in what was known as a Lock Hospital until "cured". The original act was only lawful in a few selected naval ports and army towns, but by 1869 the acts had been extended to be in operation in eighteen "subjected districts".
-The There was much action taken towards the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts. In 1869, the National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts was established; initially restricting women from its meetings, causing the Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts to be quickly established by Josephine Butler. These repeal organizations attracted the vigorous support of not only moralists and feminists but also those concerned with civil liberties, especially since the Acts were perceived as having violated basic human rights.
+, a committee was established to inquire into venereal disease in the armed forces; on its recommendation the first Contagious Diseases Act was passed.
+There was much action taken towards the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts. In 1869, the National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts was established; initially restricting women from its meetings, causing the Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts to be quickly established by Josephine Butler. These repeal organizations attracted the
 Both groups actively campaigned against the acts and between 1870 and 1885, 17,365 petitions against the acts bearing 2,606,429 signatures were presented to the House of Commons, and during the same period, more than 900 meetings were held.[7] The repealists struck a chord with the public consensus on the issues surrounding prostitution and they highlighted the issue of double standards. It was the men and women of the National Association and the Ladies National Association who won the battle over the Contagious Diseases Acts, and, in 1886, the Acts were repealed.
 a second abolitionist movement
 === The Cause for Conflict ===
-The Contagious Diseases Acts, also known as the CD Acts,[1] were originally passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1864,[2] with alterations and editions made in 1866 and 1869. In 1862, a committee was established to inquire into venereal disease in the armed forces; on its recommendation the first Contagious Diseases Act was passed. The legislation allowed police officers to arrest prostitutes in certain ports and army towns, and the women were then subjected to compulsory checks for venereal disease. If a woman was declared to be infected, she would be confined in what was known as a Lock Hospital until "cured". The original act was only lawful in a few selected naval ports and army towns, but by 1869 the acts had been extended to be in operation in eighteen "subjected districts".[3]
+In 1862, a committee was established to inquire into venereal disease in the armed forces; on its recommendation the first Contagious Diseases Act was passed. The legislation allowed police officers to arrest prostitutes in certain ports and army towns, and the women were then subjected to compulsory checks for venereal disease. If a woman was declared to be infected, she would be confined in what was known as a Lock Hospital until "cured".
-The Act of 1864 stated that women found to be infected could be interned in locked hospitals for up to three months, a period gradually extended to one year with the 1869 Act. These measures were justified by medical and military officials as the most effective method to shield men from venereal disease. As military men were discouraged from marriage and homosexual behaviour was criminal, prostitution was considered a necessary evil. However, no provision was made for the examination of prostitutes' clientele, which became one of the many points of contention in a campaign to repeal the Acts.In the 1860s, the British government enacted some so-called Contagious Diseases Acts that were aimed at a repressive control of prostitutes deemed by many a violation of human rights.
+These measures were justified by medical and military officials as the most effective method to shield men from venereal disease. As military men were discouraged from marriage and homosexual behaviour was criminal, prostitution was considered a necessary evil. However, no provision was made for the examination of prostitutes' clientele, which became one of the many points of contention in a campaign to repeal the Acts.In the 1860s, the British government enacted some so-called Contagious Diseases Acts that were aimed at a repressive control of prostitutes deemed by many a violation of human rights.