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An aside: I went to school at Loyola in Chicago, and they were not allowed to form sororities, as the cohabitation of a certain number of females in one dwelling constituted a brothel. Fraternities, however, were perfectly legal.
Anyhow, I'm a proponent of legalization. Not necessarily in the interests of protection, since choosing that profession is an agreement to incur the accompanying risks of abuse/disease, but because selling one's body for sex is an issue of personal choice and responsibility. While there are certain gray areas, I don't generally feel it is the authorities' job to protect members of the general public against their own bad behavior.
For example: the clean needle program. While I realize it reduces disease in general, and consequently, the burden on taxpayers for the cost of healthcare, I personally don't think governmental action ought to be taken to make such behavior safe, simply because "they're going to do it anyhow." While it sounds a bit harsh, contracting disease is something that ought to weed that kind of epidemic out.
While I'm not comparing this precisely to prostitution (I'm not saying all whores and addicts should be offed), the same principle applies. You want a little cooch, you have to be willing to pay the price, both literally and figuratively.
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