Prostitution should be legal in the United States

1) Rights to do what you want with your bodyA) Whether or not STD's drop depends on how often the Prostitutes are tested, and whether it be after every client or every two weeks testing doesnt protect prostitutes from other kinds of NON-STD diseases that could be damaging or even lethal. B) I have already conceded that legalizing prostitution decreases violence from pimps, but it doesnt decrease violence from the actual clients who vastly outnumber pimps. C) Im not saying that people should lose rights because something isnt profitable, I am only disputing how profitable you claim that legalizing prostitution would be when I can think of several factors that would make legalized prostitution just as much of a headache as keeping it criminalized. It would take a sh*tload of money to have regular STD tests for hundreds of thousands of prostitutes, while also taking into account who is legally prostituting themselves, while also paying the salaries of the new agencies that would be required to run this operation on the national and state levelD) The Pro has argued that people already have consensual sex and therefore promiscuity increases wouldnt be relevant. However people who currently are NOT sexually active due to their young age could be encouraged to become sexually active thanks to legalizing prostitution and end up ruining their life before it started, and THAT is what I have a problem with. I can live with high school girls whoring themselves out if they are smart and safe about what they are doing, but its when they arent being safe or not knowing what they are risking that concerns me and the rest of society as well.E) The ridicule argument is not irrelevant because it subjects innocent family members to ridicule for what their daughter's profession is because whether we like it or not, sex is a taboo industry in America. People will always be treating others harshly for irrational reasons, and prostitutes are not any different from the rest of us. 2) Medical costs"If I eat 20 cupcakes a day, I might suffer from obesity. That's my problem. Con never responded to the contention of personal responsibility."But its not just your problem when it comes to the final bill, it becomes EVERYBODY'S problem because if enough people are irresponsible with their health then taxpayers will have to help foot the bill. If it is merely 1 person then its of no concern to society, but when hundreds and hundreds of people are gambling with their health and losing, and putting a larger strain on health industries, THEN it becomes societies problem...."Also, Con disregards the obvious fact that if prostitutes are being tested for STDs, then even if the clients aren't tested, the prostitutes will NOT be spreading STDs (because if they had one they couldn't practice)"How many clients do you think prostitutes have in one night? The national average is about 347 in a period of 6 months, or about 2 per night, and I am not making that up. http://www.pnas.org...(Prostitutes number of partners)STD's are only prevented if prostitutes are checked fast enough to prevent the spreading. Unless a prostitute is checked after EVERY client, then there could be a period of 4, 5, 6, 7 guys who could contract an STD from one prostitute depending on how many clients she has in a period of 2 to 3 days. My point is: Prostitutes can only be prevented form spreading STD's if they are regularly checked, and in the time between checkups prostitutes can have anywhere from 4 to 10 clients in 1 to 4 days, which allows for STD's and other non-STD's to spread. 3) Bureaucratic measures for legalizing STD'sThe Pro uses Nevada's form of legalized prostitution as a means for estimating how profitable legalizing prostitution would be in the whole country (even though her source shows that since the recession, revenue has declined immensely). However the Pro is basing this only off of legalized BROTHELS in Nevada, which is safer and much smaller then the most commonly practiced form of prostitution, street prostitution. If we legalize ALL forms of prostitution then ALL the economic forces that these different types of prostitution create must be factored in. Street prostitution STD rates in Newark NJ is at 57%, 35% in NYC, and 50% in D.C. http://www.virusmyth.com...http://www.fff.org...Since street prostitution is a much larger and costlier form of Prostitution then the idealized Nevada version of legalized brothels, the health costs alone from this branch of prostitution could severely eat away at the Pro's model since the US spends a total of $15.9 Billion fighting STD's and Nevada as of 2011 brought in much less then what she claimed, even her own source says that,"According to George Flint, Director of the Nevada Brothel Owners' Association, revenue for the 25 businesses in his membership organization is down by as much as 45 percent." Point is, Legalizing prostitution would be a lot like legalizing Gambling. It could bring in some cash during good times, but when the economy turns south, they too report massive losses in revenue while the costs of healthcare regarding the fighting of STD's only grows as STD rates climb (particularly in young girls)http://www.healthypeople.gov...http://www.nevadacoalition.org..."There are a ton of arguments in favor of privately regulating multiple industries, not just prostitution"There are tons of arguments against privately regulating multiple industries too. http://klbcommunityconsulting.com...(Just skip to the end and read the conclusion if you want to)The economic impacts of legalizing all forms of Prostitution (Not Just Nevada's model of Legalizing Brothels) is very complex and does not point definitively towards an easy and safe form of profit. Brothels alone can face severe losses in income depending on the well being of the economy, and factoring the costs of healthcare that taxpayers already have to pay for, plus how many more prostitutes there would be, safe or unsafe, at the very least shows that legalizing prostitution isnt a cash cow waiting to happen. 4) + 6) Impact on society "Con basically says that prostitution is taboo which is irrelevant. Bi-racial and gay relationships are still considered taboo in some places, but that doesn't mean they are immoral."Its not a question about morality though, Gays and Lesbians are routinely subjected to acts of violence and hatred by irrational people simply because of who they are, and their families are subjected to harassment too. The same goes for prostitutes and they too will be subjected to harassment and violence from irrational people simply for being taboo. "Con also brings up teenage prostitutes. This is an appeal to emotion"Oh spare me. I dont have to "appeal to the emotions" of DDOers because since most of them are in high school or college, they know just as well as I do that legalizing prostitution will drive many young girls (who are at most risk for getting an STD) to start selling themselves for sex and place themselves at great risk for messing up their life before it even starts. They also know that many girls would take the easy road to making money rather than pursue other professions that arent as taboo as selling themselves for sex. An ugly truth =/= appealing to emotion....5) Rule breakersI most certainly didnt ignore it. You argued that people dont play by the rules in any industry and therefore it doesnt matter, but the fact is young girls will prostitute themselves and not do it safely which will spread STD's at the taxpayers and the clients expense. People will abuse the legalization of prostitution by not doing it safely just like people abuse the legalization of alcohol and drink at any age even though its dangerous to their health and their future. Thanks for the debate :D