[Shivetya]

Well many municipalities go after the johns, with fines, jail time, and publicly shaming them. Just step up the pressure but it just goes underground.

While there are severe issues with underage involuntary prostitution I think that legalizing prostitution with a proper legal framework and such to insure the safety of said workers would actually reduce the occurrences of underage prostitution. It is one industry that would need to regulation, basically medical certification that they have no communicable diseases, know how to protect themselves from the same, and are not being forced into the industry by a pimp. If anything I can see having pimps sidelined by professional management groups.

The simple fact is, it does not harm any adult who voluntarily engage is such activity and therefor has no reason to be illegal.

[intopieces]

>The simple fact is, it does not harm any adult who voluntarily engages in such activity and therefore has no reason to be illegal.

This is not accurate. There are many adults who voluntarily engage in prostitution and are harmed. They are assaulted, robbed, raped and have little legal recourse. The fact that sex workers are harmed regularly is precisely why it should be legal.