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Spanish sex club owners, workers protest prostitution bill

People gather during a demonstration against a bill that would penalize prostitution customers and enablers such as club owners or pimps, facing sentences up to 4 years of imprisionment in front of the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Spain is considered to be one of the less punitive legal frames for prostitution in Europe, that would turn into a so called nordic model under the new bill, punishing both clients and enablers. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) People gather during a demonstration against a bill that would penalize prostitution customers and enablers such as club owners or pimps, facing sentences up to 4 years of imprisionment in front of the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Spain is considered to be one of the less punitive legal frames for prostitution in Europe, that would turn into a so called nordic model under the new bill, punishing both clients and enablers. Sign reads in Spanish: "sex is health, the service is paid, forcing ourselves is a vice" (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) People gather during a demonstration against a bill that would penalize prostitution customers and enablers such as club owners or pimps, facing sentences up to 4 years of imprisionment in front of the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Spain is considered to be one of the less punitive legal frames for prostitution in Europe, that would turn into a so called nordic model under the new bill, punishing both clients and enablers. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) People gather during a demonstration against a bill that would penalize prostitution customers and enablers such as club owners or pimps, facing sentences up to 4 years of imprisionment in front of the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Spain is considered to be one of the less punitive legal frames for prostitution in Europe, that would turn into a so called nordic model under the new bill, punishing both clients and enablers. The banner reads in Spanish: "More legislation less prohibition". (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)