In fairness, the process here and in the North were fait d'accompli from the start with most politicians happy to jump aboard the bandwagon beat their chest whilst simultaneously turning a blind eye to the negative consequences of the law and indeed Sweden's own major trafficking problems.
Here in Ireland, the courts were probably the only way for women in prostitution to get legal rights - was never going to come via self serving politicians -only for Shatter's utter disdain for the Justice Committee whitewash , the law would have been introduced a lot sooner