Louisiana hasn't legalized prostitution yet?

I don't know why not considering the history of Senator Vitter and the performance of the former Minerals and Mining Management. It would fit right into the economic scheme in Louisiana. It might even raise enough money to better fund Medicaid at that state level. I mean since a tax on the petroleum industry is out of the question.

There is a backlash though, it is called women's rights.

Human rights lawyer Dianne Post and writer and filmmaker Bishakha Datta go head-to-head.

Dianne

Legalized prostitution (click here) cannot exist alongside the true equality of women. The idea that one group of women should be available for men’s sexual access is founded on structural inequality by gender, class and race. Moreover, it is a violation of international law. In fact, failure to challenge legalized prostitution undermines every human rights norm mandating the dignity of the person and equality for all. As Melissa Farley says, ‘Decriminalizing or legalizing prostitution would normalize and regulate practices which are human rights violations, and which in any other context would be legally actionable (sexual harassment, physical assault, rape, captivity, economic coercion or emotionally damaging verbal abuse).’...