idk if the argument is that legalizing prostitution decreases sex slavery or that it just doesn't increase it. You're 100% right that even if we legalize prosti

idk if the argument is that legalizing prostitution decreases sex slavery or that it just doesn't increase it. You're 100% right that even if we legalize prostitution people will still be exploited. But if we criminalize prostitution people will still be exploited. And you're right that some countries allow prostitution in a way that makes exploitation easier or even legal. But that doesn't mean other countries can't do it a better way by allowing prostitution but heavily regulating it in order to protect the prostitutes. Moreover, the real issue they are tackling in the article is that the DA is no longer arresting the prostitutes. Whether or not you think prostitution should be legal, hopefully we can all agree that punishing the prostitutes (the people who would be exploited!) for furthering exploitation is absurd.