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Would Legalizing Prostitution Reduce Health Risks, Human Trafficking?

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    FNC legal analyst Lis Wiehl and Bunny Ranch sex worker Brooke Taylor debate the legalization of prostitution.

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We're back now let's talk about six.

But got your attention I -- sex is a big deal.

Most Americans had sex that's legal most Americans also buy and sell thinks that's usually legal true.

Which brings up a paradox.

Sex is okay money's okay but sex for money for bid.

Talking about prostitution of course and Brooke Taylor is a prostitute she works at a legal brothel in Nevada.

Fox legal analyst least we'll as a former prosecutor so police outside the -- you lock her up.

Outside Nevada yes over the rest -- for a misdemeanor she wouldn't do much time at all should probably pay a fine.

But I wouldn't -- as interest have been Brooke is I'd be interested in the people that are running a brothel that are running -- that that's really people that I went after her so that's a big question.

Why I have these -- these are consenting adults.

They are hurting other people public policy reasons we don't want people selling their body for money.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- But in every other state it's illegal -- against public policy we don't want people.

Do think we don't want we have telling.

Because.

It's a horrible message for most people to be something to especially to young women that you could sell your body for sex there's a lot of diseases that come with that.

Well Brooke go lets you reply here well not hit its also wrong message to send to women that they can go to a bar.

Get completely drunk and go home with the -- different and I and that's -- -- -- -- either there's more disease and that.

Then there is in the legal prostitution in what 34 years mandatory testing we haven't had one -- to the case of HIV aids.

-- -- -- -- -- -- Clear about that in the matter where it's legal -- Except in the big cities yes if there is testing every thirty days -- -- no violence no -- snow aids.

I know because the police can come.

No one's gonna come into our facility and cause a problem because -- locked in there until the share -- So it tends to be a very relaxed on environment it's not this -- that you get from the illegal -- -- I think -- John wants is to -- leave it legalized everywhere and that means not just in the small -- like we're -- -- -- I imagine is where that isn't that and I am glad it's -- -- you have to realize that there at the -- do have doesn't -- -- is because there's -- demand.

And Intel EU regulated across the board you'll never have a standard to hold.

The ones you you never really differentiate between the girls who want to be in the industry and those that are trafficked into it so in order to get rid of the bad side in the human trafficking and the things that are really nasty about illegal -- if you have to -- that -- -- -- legalize that argument -- than than you would legalize drugs.

Just a drugs are legalized though -- he and art is good and I are already -- -- hope I'm laid off cocaine you know analyst okay no I like crack me not why not.

In principle write consenting adults consenting adults and legalizing all that they it'll go away or ever -- to be fine to get rid of the drug lords.

And I was a prosecutor drug case meanwhile I would tell you in the will not go away if you legalized -- if -- -- sex did the same damage to my body as cocaine crack then.

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Food is legal but some food isn't legal it's Monica dot -- -- But it's monitor let me ask it this way away when Brooke talked about the woman gets drunk and goes in -- -- picks a guy out.

Why is it money that makes it evil.

Public policy.

But why does that exists to -- some people -- -- -- -- politician would say.

That you know if a guy takes a woman out for dinner and buys her fancy dinner and then they have sex after that that he's paid for the facts I don't agree the -- This is different you are actually in a room broke right and the money is goes from one person to the other for the express purpose of -- as much I don't let it -- but not always I mean the fact of the matter is there are times Orion paid just simply from my company.

Eric tends IFK services -- a while escort services are really illegal prostitution let's get down to like -- that's that's just at the side.

But there are times where I am paid simply for my company so what -- -- on those that wouldn't be prostitution in my mind.

But I -- marketed in a brothel the money's -- transacted when he brothel if you ink in the sex industry the difference for me is if you're paying for sex if your pay if -- the guys just paying used to talk with them.

I don't think so what happens the guy that pays for sex -- that's Danny perform and we end up -- well.

Value to these areas I don't I thought that's that's the bit they could I want to thank you that the activity ends up being another that.