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The Porn Crisis That Isn’t
Some states now consider pornography to be a health threat. But stigmatizing porn can do more harm than good.
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If you ask some people, America is in the middle of a public-health crisis. No, not that one.
Legislators in 16 states have passed resolutions declaring that pornography, in its ubiquity, constitutes a public-health crisis. The wave of bills started five years ago, with Utah, which went a step further this spring by passing a law mandating that all cellphones and tablets sold in the state block access to pornography by default. (The measure will not go into effect unless five other states pass similar laws, but that’s very possible: Alabama is now considering a similar bill.)
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