Some time ago,[1] Germany legalized prostitution. Apparently they are not alone in doing so, Nevada and the Netherlands both also have legalized prostitution.[2] Sweden did but re-criminalized it, because legalizing it did not solve the problems proponents had hoped to solve (with legalization). No surprise there. Legalization also, by and large, is not helping in Germany, and is still forcing some women to choose between becoming a prostitute and being unemployed — and ineligible for Germany's unemployment aid. While I tend to think that nationalized unemployment aid is beyond the scope of just government, Germans are under such tax burdens that it would not surprise me if there was no social infrastructure for aiding people outside of the government assistance. This puts unemployed women in an unacceptable position and accentuates the immorality of this tacit consent by the government on an immoral trade.
[1]
http://www.schierer.org/luke/log/view.php?date=20050131-1053
[2] http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0511/p15s02-woeu.html