Promoting the Legalization & Regulation of Prostitution
“Decriminalization of prostitution must include licensing, regulation including medical testing and payment of taxes by independent workers. Prostitution regulations should not penalize the sex worker or the client.”
- Madam Bella
Madam Bella, Madam Bella’s Hacienda, Wells, Nevada
The Onesta Foundation
Our mission is to provide awareness and advocacy for promotion of the legalization and regulation of prostitution.
Bella’s Hacienda, Wells, Nevada
The need for physical intimacy is an essential human need, and suppressing it has severely negative effects for individuals and society as a whole.
- Madam Bella
Legalization and Regulation will promote health and safety:
Facts About the Industry
The current situation and all its negative impacts will continue without legalizing and regulating the business.
Content warning: fact boxes mention death, sexual assault and rape.
45 to 75%
Sex workers across the globe have a 45-75% chance of experiencing sexual violence during their career. 1
204 out of 100,000
Sex work is one of the most dangerous professions. Death rates are higher for prostitutes than Alaskan Fisherman or loggers. 2
13 times
Sex workers are thirteen times more likely to become HIV positive than adults in the general population. 3
24 and 30%
24% of street sex workers and 30% of exotic dancers who reported being raped identified a police officer as their rapist. 4
Legalization and regulation will ensure safety for all.
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"Sex workers are not doing anything that isn’t happening legally in bedrooms everywhere. It is time to make prostitution legal and regulated."
- Madam Bella
