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| Wednesday, 27 April 2005 11:38 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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Nurses have voted in favour of decriminalising prostitution in the UK.
After debating the issue at the Royal College of Nursing’s annual conference in Harrogate, nurses voted 81 per cent in favour of a motion to decriminalise prostitutes.
The motion was proposed by Andrea Spyropoulos, who said that health issues should be considered separately from the usual moral, ethical and religious objections.
Those in favour said decriminalisation would allow men and women working in the industry easier access to necessary healthcare and help them to find a way out of prostitution.
Delegates heard how the stigma of working in prostitution meant that many people did not use health and social services available to them.
Initiatives to create tolerance zones for prostitutes and licensed brothels have proved effective in Holland, Germany and Australia and a similar scheme has been proposed for Liverpool.
The RCN said such initiatives led to reductions in exploitation and violence against prostitutes and improved the take-up of healthcare.
Nurses opposed to the motion argued that more should be done to prevent women from choosing prostitution in the first place.
Furthermore, the conference did not support legalising prostitution across the board, which would see those acting as pimps also being decriminalised.
The Government is currently reviewing the regulation of prostitution in England and Wales while the Scottish Parliament is debating the introduction of tolerance zones.
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