What are some pros and cons for legalizing prostitution?

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What will be an ideal response?

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Pros: No human or civil rights should be violated on the basis of their trade, occupation, work, calling or profession. There are immoral people in all professions - government, law, journalism, banking, law enforcement, the stock exchange, medicine, the clergy, prostitution, etc. If every profession were criminalized when some of its members broke the law, there would be few legally sanctioned professions. Unscrupulous people should be swiftly dealt with by the law, regardless of which profession they corrupt. No law has ever succeeded in stopping prostitution. Prostitution is the provision of sexual services for negotiated payment between consenting adults. In other words, prostitution is a service industry like any other in which people exchange skills for money or other reward.
Cons: Prostitution violates the right to physical and moral integrity by the exploitation of women's sexuality that is appropriated, debased and reduced to a commodity to be bought and sold. It violates the right to enjoy the highest standard of physical and mental health because violence, disease, unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and AIDS present constant and grave risks for women and girls in prostitution.