"Ample research confirms the intuition that decriminalizing makes women safer. One study examining Rhode Island’s experiment with partial decriminalization found that decriminalization led to a 31% decrease in reported rape offenses and also decreased the state rate of gonorrhea transmission.
Another study examining the Netherlands found that “opening a legal street prostitution zone decreases registered sexual abuse and rape by about 30% — 40% in the first two years.” And according to Reuters, “Sex workers in countries where selling or buying sex is illegal are more likely to face violence, not use condoms and contract HIV.”"
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-conservatives-should-support-the-dc-city-councils-efforts-to-decriminalize-prostitution
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#prostitution
Another study examining the Netherlands found that “opening a legal street prostitution zone decreases registered sexual abuse and rape by about 30% — 40% in the first two years.” And according to Reuters, “Sex workers in countries where selling or buying sex is illegal are more likely to face violence, not use condoms and contract HIV.”"
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-conservatives-should-support-the-dc-city-councils-efforts-to-decriminalize-prostitution
#sexwork
#prostitution