Why should prostitution remain illegal? Prostitution is very harmful to women. The reasons why prostitution is harmful to women are it threatens their health, it forces them into sex trafficking, indoor outdoor. There are many health reasons that prostitution should be illegal. The health reasons that are of concern for prostitutes include; the spread of STD’s, abuse from the John’s or pimps, which cause mental health ,”nearly 70 percent of prostituted women meet the criteria for a diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and they constitute 15 per cent of all completed suicides.” Many girls become hookers at the age of 13 or 14, 20 percent gave their bodies away for money after 19. STD’s such as HIV are the highest among street
