> And, no, condoms and dental dams etc aren't going to be full protection. There are some that are not routinely tested for and many people don't know about. P

> And, no, condoms and dental dams etc aren't going to be full protection. There are some that are not routinely tested for and many people don't know about. Part of this was covered in the article: > Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, along with other groups that support decriminalization — U.N.AIDS, the World Health Organization, the Global Commission on H.I.V. and the Law and the Open Society Foundations — acknowledge that there can be grave harms associated with the sex industry, but say that they see changes in the law as a precondition to reducing them. Last year, an analysis[0] in The Lancet predicted[1] that “decriminalization of sex work could have the largest effect on the course of the H.I.V. epidemic,” by increasing access to condoms and medical treatment. Governments can free themselves to crack down on trafficking and under-age prostitution, human rights advocates argue, if they stop arresting consenting adults. So sure, awareness of condoms and dental dams might not be 'full protection.' But outreach efforts to improve safer sex along with legalization seems to be the better alternative to doing nothing. [0]: http://www.thelancet.com/series/hiv-and-sex-workers http://www.thelancet.com/series/hiv-and-sex-workers [1]: http://www.vox.com/2014/7/28/5944597/study-decriminalizing-prostitution-could-drastically-cut-hiv http://www.vox.com/2014/7/28/5944597/study-decriminalizing-p...