Parliament in France is to debate abolishing prostitution through a crackdown that would criminalise payment for sex.
The National Assembly is to vote on a symbolic resolution drafted by a cross-party commission which, if successful, will be followed by a bill in January.
The resolution urges abolition at a time when it says prostitution seems to be becoming routine in Europe.
The BBC reports around 20,000 people are believed to be working as prostitutes in France.
Their trade union is against the bill, advocating prostitutes' rights instead. Strass draws a clear distinction between consensual prostitution and sexual trafficking and fears that a reduction in clients might drive prostitutes to accept riskier transactions.
France has been committed to abolishing prostitution in principle since 1960 .
