Jamaican PM Says No to Decriminalization of Prostitution

By leviticus20

By Tim Waggoner

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Prime Minister of Jamaica has flatly refused to entertain a recommendation that Jamaica decriminalize prostitution. 

According to the Jamaican Observer, PM Golding regarded the suggestion as “ludicrous, ill-informed and unauthorized,” affirming he will not even consider such a proposition.

The suggestion was made last week, when senior medical officer in charge of the National HIV/STI Program in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Kevin Harvey, told the Jamaican Observer that the decriminalization of prostitution in Jamaica could yield up to $3 billion in tax dollars. 

Yet, according to numerous reports and studies on the issue, any perceived gains from the legalization of prostitution are always far outweighed by crime, abuse, public costs and societal moral decay.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jun/08062601.html

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