> 3. It ignores second order effects. It assumes that forbidding prostitution will eliminate it and doesn’t consider the additional risk of harm resulting from

> 3. It ignores second order effects. It assumes that forbidding prostitution will eliminate it and doesn’t consider the additional risk of harm resulting from pushing prostitution to the black market. At it's heart this is an argument of pragmatism, but it is never checked to see if it actually works. Like many prohibitions, the negative unintended consequences are worse than than the original problem they purport, but entirely fail to fix.