Prostitution: Should it be legal? Prostitution is said to be one of the world's oldest profession, however, almost all the states in the U.S has it to be illegal. Nevada is the first state in the United States to legalize prostitution. Although the long-term effect of prostitution being legal is uncertain, the short-term effects have been economically beneficial to Nevada. Prostitution should be legalized because it financially benefits the country and it could also reduce crime. .
There are many reasons why prostitution is illegal in 49 U.S. states today. First of all, many people think that prostitution should stay illegal because it is immoral. Parents do not want their child to grow up thinking that prostitution is a normal way of living. Christianity also looks down upon prostitution because their belief says that sex is only to be done when a man and a woman are married. Another reason why the protection of morality is so important is that people's morals form the future of our nation. Many people feel that if prostitution is legalized, then its long term effects would be detrimental to the United States. The divorce rate in the United States is all ready really high. By the legalization of prostitution, this would allow room for husbands and wives to commit adultery. Second, prostitution is a great health risk to the U.S. because of the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. A major concern about STD's is the spread of AIDS, because a cure has not yet been found for the disease. The transmission of STD's is already on the rise due to uneducated teenagers having unprotected sex. In addition, most of theses teens are not going to a physician to be screened for them. Because of this, many curable STD's are going untreated and being spread throughout a community. Prostitution only adds to this problem because prostitutes have sexual contact on a daily basis, and rarely have themselves screened for STD's.
