We the people believe that legalizing  prostitution believe it would reduce crime, improve public health, increase tax revenue, help people out of poverty, get prostitutes off the streets, and allow consenting adults to make their own choices. Not only does sex work become safer when it is regulated, but legalization also works to weed out the black market that exists for prostitution, thereby making women safer overall. People are allowed to enter professions that might be unsafe. People are allowed to enter into professions where their body is seen as a tool of the trade. People are allowed to enter professions that seem morally questionable. The only time that isn’t the case is when a woman is having sex as her profession.

Trafficking, in which women and children are forced into sex work (or other occupations), is morally heinous. Not because it’s sex work. Because it’s forced.

However, criminalizing prostitution or sites that facilitate sex work transactions thereby pushing it further underground, isn’t necessarily thought to be helpful when it comes to ending trafficking.

The ACLU explains that people being trafficked “are vulnerable because they often work in jobs that are hidden from the public view and unregulated by the government.”

Critics of decriminalizing prostitution often point to increased reports of trafficking in countries that have legalized prostitution, such as Germany. It is, however, quite possible that’s because people finally started seeing trafficking and began reporting it in greater numbers. Beyond that, a Harvard Study on the topic noted that, “The likely negative consequences of legalized prostitution on a country’s inflows of human trafficking might be seen to support those who argue in favor of banning prostitution, thereby reducing the flows of trafficking.

However, such a line of argumentation overlooks potential benefits that the legalization of prostitution might have on those employed in the industry. With this being said we have united in this community of unity to bring power to our voice so we can have equal rights in a Country that was built on freedom for all.