Many people are of the opinion that prostitution should be legalized as it would reduce crime, improve public health, increase tax revenue, help people out of poverty, get prostitutes off the streets, and allow consenting adults to make their own choices. They contend that prostitution is a victimless crime as has been witnessed in places it has already been made legal. [S.2, Q.1] Which of the following statements, if true, strengthens the given argument?

• A. Many sex workers are fighting the legal status quo, social mores and also mainstream feminism, which has typically focused on saving women from the sex trade rather than supporting sex workers who demand greater rights.
• B. Legalizing prostitution would lead to increases in sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS, global human trafficking, and violent crime including rape and homicide.
• C. Studies show that legalized and regulated flesh trade brings lower rates of rape and sexual assault and also sex workers are better protected against abuse, exploitation and trafficking.
• D. Prostitution is inherently immoral, commercially exploitative, empowers the criminal underworld, and promotes the repression of women by men.