Legalization of Prostitution

There are many legal issues in society today that are becoming the topic of numerous controversial debates. These debates involve both the need for personal choice, and the importance of society’s morality. These issues include such topics as abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, the legalization of drugs, and the decriminalization of prostitution. Prostitution is the oldest paying profession in history, and it is as ancient as humanity itself. If a topic as controversial as abortion …showed first 75 words of 3398 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3398 total…yet. Moralizing over prostitution will not aid in dealing with the issue. Politicians must learn to accept prostitution as just another business on a city's economic landscape. This would enable them to devise realistic solutions to problems stemming from prostitution, rather than create phony fail-safes which don't. Prostitutes do not expect to be exempted from all controls, all they have ever asked for is to be treated like other freelance entrepreneurs. Therein lies the solution.