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Wednesday April 27, 2005
UK Nurses Urge Legalization of Prostitution
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LONDON, April 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – UK nurses, attending their Royal College of Nursing annual conference, campaigned for several so-called reforms, including a call for the legalization of prostitution.
Nurses voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of decriminalizing prostitution, according to a BBC report, claiming that by doing so, it would eliminate the stigma associated with the “sex trade.” Prostitutes would then be more comfortable with seeking medical assistance for prostitution-related complaints, the nurses argued.
Sponsor of the motion, Liverpool nurse Andrea Spyropoulos, claimed “Prostitutes are stigmatised, marginalised and denied access to healthcare.”
Some nurses opposed the easing of laws that proposed setting up “red light districts” and brothels. “What we should be doing is looking at preventing more and more people from getting into prostitution,” said London nurse Princess Marufu. “This will alleviate the causes that take women and young people into the profession.”
In Germany, any woman under 55 who has been out of work for more than a year can be forced to take an available job – including prostitution, since it is legal – or lose her unemployment benefits.
When one Australian state legalized prostitution in the 1990s, the number of illegal brothels exploded, organized crime controlled many of them, and prostitution grew rapidly, according to a study by Melbourne University.
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