I acknowledge the potential health concerns of STD's (not really a legitimate concern... see below) - but it's 2015 and we're still telling two consenting adult

I acknowledge the potential health concerns of STD's (not really a legitimate concern... see below) - but it's 2015 and we're still telling two consenting adults what they can and can't do with their bodies? If health issue and reducing STD's was the primary concern, making prostitution illegal could have adverse affects. People like sex. Those sorts of people will sleep around at bars and clubs. For sex. Being promiscuous and sleeping around is more likely to spread STD's than a regulated sex market (EG: requiring licenses and STD checks of the workers). Without hard statistics and data backing up either side of the argument though... it's a tough call. Also the gray-area loopholes like escorts - many of whom are hired for their sexual favours. We waste a lot of time and resources on something that should be inconsequential - barring forced prostitution (which would be illegal under other terms). I just don't get it.