The USFG should legalize prostitution.

RebuttalsJusticeMy opponent's argument here is that because prostitution is a way to make a living, criminalizing it resticts a person's freedom to choose. Let me refute some of her main points:"Sex workers should receive the same rights as any other worker, in any other field. The laws protect citizens, and they should also protect prostitutes, such as: sexual assault, sexual harassment, and rape."The trouble here is that the only difference between rape and prostitution is consent. Both occur between two people who usually don't know each other prior to the rape/prostitution, which brings me to another point: Prostitution can be used as a cover-up for rape. Think about it; a man rapes a woman, he gives her a lot of money as a bribe, he tells her to keep quiet about the rape, they pretend it was just prostitution, and everyone believes them because the woman appears to have consented. This could be happening already in places where prostitution is legalized."We are dehumanizing. We are merely restricting the work and profession of what a person decides to do, and this is completely unjust, and we are merely discriminating... it's a discriminatory practice that predominantly affects a single sex."As I explained earlier, we are protecting women, not dehumanizing them.SafetyMy opponent argues here that prostitution would be safer if it were legalized. Again, let me refute some of her main points:"Beyond that, many women are simply dependent upon the money they earn in this system as other job opportunities are not available to them, often because they have suffered so much abuse as children, including rape and incest, that they simply don't have the wherewithal to take on another job."There are plenty of charity organizations that can help people like that. Prostitution is a harmful choice, and legalization encourages that choice. Legalization would also encourage people not in poverty to become prostitutes when they could get a job much more beneficial to society."By keeping prostitution illegal America has created an environment in which sex workers are subjected to violence, disease, ridicule and inequality."And as I explained before, the scale of this would increase if prostitution were legalized."Law enforcement is a dangerous job in it’s self, but we put them in risk while they patrol the streets for prostitutes, when a big majority of the time, prostitution is a victimless crime."And what's the risk of patrolling the streets for prostitutes?Diseases"In countries and states where prostitution is legal, the risk of sexual transmitted diseases is slower than where prostitution is illegal. This is because prostitutes have better access to doctors, medicines, sex education, and contraceptives that prevent and reduce sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as condoms."I took a look at your source for this, and an interesting detail I found was that STD rates were measured in percentages instead of total cases. Why is this relevant? You see, legalizing prostitution increases the number of prostitutes because people start to join the industry for reasons other than poverty. So the total number of STD cases would stay about the same because of women who become prostitutes as a solution to poverty, but the percentage would go down, creating the illusion that STDs became less common. The apparent correlation can be explained away, and it proves nothing. DefensePovertyAs a refutation to my argument, my opponent claims that legalizing prostitution would decrease the number of STDs. I already disproved this, though I will concede that it would not cause a rise in STDs.CostsMy opponent once again emphasizes that she disproved my argument about STDs, but she ignores the costs of pregnancy, births, and abortions, as well as the fact that prostitutes could be generating tax revenue in a different job.