Spanish parliament rejects legalization of prostitution

[AlphaCentauri]

Source: Europe News

Madrid - A women's group on Wednesday welcomed a decision by Spain's parliament to reject a move that would have made prostitution legal.

Parliament on Tuesday voted 329-5 against a proposal to recognize prostitution as a profession.

The Federation of Progressive Women welcomed the vote, describing prostitution as a form of violence and slavery which was being 'supported and promoted by many people.'

The Catalan republican party ERC, which tabled the proposal, said it would prefer prostitution not to exist, but that it was better to grant prostitutes legal rights than to leave them at the mercy of pimps.

Read more: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1502747.php/Spanish-parliament-rejects-legalization-of-prostitution

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The Federation of Progressive Women of the XIX century may have the same views as their counter part in the right.
So if they considere prostitution a form of slavery, how would they abolish slavery?

Giving slaves the same rights as anybody else, I guess.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. That's a mistake.

The workers could have been protected against disease and violence. Not to mention the taxes that could be collected.

Like abortion, there will always be prostitution. No reason why both can't be legal and regulated.

[Warpy]

2. My sisters in Spain are wrong about this one

No woman wants her husband to screw around and expose her to any disease he happens to come across, but this bill would have regulated sex workers and protected their health as well as that of their clients.

You can't legislate against sin. It just makes sin more dangerous and more popular.

[comtec]

3. I agree

legalizing, regulating, and taxing it up the ass, is the way to deal with "sin".
it's the same with pot imho (not a smoker fwiw)
you make it legal, you regulate it to an inch of it's life and tax the hell out!
The pot and prostitution crime rate of holland is very low because it's all available legally.
you can't stomp out all illegal activities, but you can reduce it greatly.
and that only only saves million on policing, it brings IN revenue.

[AlphaCentauri]

6. I would agree to pot legalization if it is heavily regulated n/t

[sofa king]

4. I'm convinced that this is important for equal rights.

Women need more power, and what power they would have if they had control over when and how to use their own bodies!

If you throw better access to higher education into the deal (which would be easy because legalizing prostitution would generate billions in new, legal income), then all sorts of great things happen. Women marry later, have fewer children, participate more in politics, fight fewer wars, box out fewer social out-groups, and generally make life better and easier for everyone.

And, just like marijuana and speeding on the highways, people are going to seek out prostitutes whether it's legal or not, because that's what some people like to do. So you can either get on board with it, regulate and tax it, protect your citizens, and reap the rewards, or you can pretend that your nation is somehow morally above the practice, and spend lots of money in a pyrrhic battle to deny a basic truth.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Prostitution involves violence and slavery BECAUSE it is illegal...

and legalizing it would reduce a lot of the problems.

"White slavery" wouldn't disappear, but it would be dealt with under the health and labor laws and regulations, not blue laws-- the pimps and traffickers would have to deal with the same bureaucracy that any service company has to.