The Government In Austria Will Pay Prostitutes $2,000 To Compensate Them For Doctor Visits

Prostitutes in the idyllic city of Salzburg, Austria, will soon receive checks for more $2,000 each after a state law that required them to undergo medical checks didn't pass a court review, the local newspaper Heute first reported. Prostitution and brothels are legal in Austria, but subject to strict laws including regular medical exams for workers. In the western province of Salzburg, the Social Democratic party government has required since 2010 that prostitutes pay for their own medical visi...