Amnesty International recently caused a certain amount of controversy by calling for the legalization of prostitution, arguing that prohibiting prostitution marginalizes already vulnerable sex workers. The group will now lobby governments to abolish laws prohibiting selling sex, running brothels and paying for sex. Laws on prostitution vary greatly across the world, though in much of Europe prostitution is legal.
In Germany brothels are run openly, while in the UK selling sex is legal but pimping, solicitation and running a brothel are illegal. In Sweden it is legal to be a prostitute but buying sex is a criminal offense.
When it comes to whether or not these laws should exist in the first place, the public is evenly divided. September 01, , PM. Peter Moore. Americans are split on whether or not prostitution should be legal, but few support laws which mainly punish 'Johns' Amnesty International recently caused a certain amount of controversy by calling for the legalization of prostitution, arguing that prohibiting prostitution marginalizes already vulnerable sex workers.
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