Shared Hope: Rescuing Children from Sex Trafficking

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🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

When Linda Smith traveled into the brothel district of Mumbai, India on a fact-finding mission, she was horrified by the reality she encountered there.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. You're listening to Family Talk, a radio broadcasting ministry of the James Dobson Family Institute.
0:06.8	I'm Dr. James Dobson, and thank you for joining us for this program.
0:18.3	Well, welcome to Family Talk, the broadcast ministry of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute.
0:24.0	I'm Roger Marsh.
0:25.2	You know, millions of children and young women have been enslaved, abused, and exploited by the
0:30.6	sex trafficking industry.
0:32.2	It is infiltrated into almost every country on the planet.
0:35.8	And on today's edition of Family Talk,
0:40.2	we're going to have a very serious heart-to-heart conversation about how bad the situation is and what can be done to stop it.
0:45.0	Joining Dr. James Dobson in studio today
0:47.1	will be the former Congresswoman from Washington, Linda Smith.
0:51.0	The Honorable Linda Smith served Washington State Legislature
0:54.0	from 1983 to 1993
0:56.1	before winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives as a right-in candidate in 1994.
1:02.3	However, she quit her political career in 1999 after witnessing the horrors of sex trafficking in Mumbai, India.
1:10.2	Linda Smith is now the founder of Shared Hope International, which is an organization designed
1:15.3	to bring justice to the perpetrators of the sex trade and to restore the women and children
1:19.8	whose lives have been ruined by it.
1:22.0	On today's edition of Family Talk, Dr. Dobson will talk with Linda Smith about why she started
1:26.9	shared hope and the legislation
1:28.6	they are trying to pass to bring an end to sex trafficking here in the United States.
1:33.3	Now, before we begin today's broadcast, it's important to note that today's program may not
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