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Porn producers in uproar over new L.A. health ordinance
Life Site News ^ | November 9, 2012 | JOHANNA DASTEEL

Posted on 11/11/2012 12:48:30 PM PST by NYer

LOS ANGELES, November 9, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – A referendum passed on Tuesday is drawing attention to the unhealthy conditions of the pornography industry—and how pornographers profit by placing young people at risk of diseases from syphilis to AIDS.

On November 6th, Los Angeles County voters passed a referendum requiring pornographers to wear condoms to cut an outbreak of disease.

Critics say porn producers, who make $14 billion a year, put money over safety by insisting that sex scenes with condoms don’t sell. 

The industry threatened to move its studios, 90 percent of the which are located in the San Fernando Valley, elsewhere. 

Although porn’s defenders say the films are harmless adult entertainment, the statistics show the harm the industry causes to its actors.

A study cited by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the group behind the measure, found that 97 percent of pornographic films are made without condoms and cites some staggering STD statistics to garner support for the measure:

- Compared to the Los Angeles community at-large, performers are up to 64 times more at-risk for gonorrhea and 34 times for Chlamydia.

- The annual prevalence rate of gonorrhea and chlamydia in the adult industry is estimated to be more than seven times higher than in the general population of sexually active adults.

- Women in the adult industry are at the highest risk of infection. For instance, three quarters of all cases of gonorrhea and chlamydia were reported in women during a four year period.

Industry producers claim their self-regulatory, required monthly STD tests render the condom mandate unnecessary. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation counters with, “Testing is not prevention. It is an established medical fact that testing does not prevent transmission of disease.” 

The “Yes on B” campaign was bolstered by the support of past and present industry actors. 

One male pornstar made headlines in 2010 when the industry temporarily shut down due to his contraction of HIV after a seven-month stint in the business.  Derrick Burts, originally known in the headlines as “Patient Zeta” claims he contracted the virus on set.

The industry halted productions again this August, when producers found out a male performer had been hiding positive syphilis test for weeks. The scare came in the midst of campaign season, bringing more attention to Measure B.

The newly passed measure will require industry titans to pay filming permits, which cost $11,000 for two years. The permit fees will finance regular inspections to ensure compliance with the new regulation.

Porn producers claimed the measure is unconstitutional. The Free Speech Coalition immediately announced plans to file a lawsuit to overturn the law on behalf of the “adult entertainment” industry.

Pornography production is only legal in California, New Hampshire and Nevada.  Nevada already has the condom mandate in place.

Patrick Trueman of Morality in Media told LifeSiteNews.com that the new ordinance only deals with the physical harms and ignores other lasting forms of damage. 

“While Measure B might provide a measure of protection for porn stars, it does nothing to protect the millions of consumers of porn,” said Trueman, Morality in Media’s president. “They suffer many consequences such as life-long addiction, broken marriages and relationships, broken dreams and destroyed lives. Scientific research on the effects of pornography is now overwhelming and the inescapable conclusion is, porn harms!”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: condoms; pornography
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1 posted on 11/11/2012 12:48:42 PM PST by NYer
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a pox on all their houses, they are tearing the American family apart along with their father satan


2 posted on 11/11/2012 12:49:24 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: wagglebee; little jeremiah

Moral absolutes ping.


3 posted on 11/11/2012 12:50:21 PM PST by NYer ("Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." --Jeremiah 1:5)
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To: NYer

Nothing but contempt for everyone involved.


4 posted on 11/11/2012 12:52:57 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
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To: NYer
gonorrhea and chlamydia

Commiecare™ should cover that.

5 posted on 11/11/2012 12:53:15 PM PST by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: NYer

Sure; let’s put a bandaid on a metastatic cancer. That’ll do the trick!


6 posted on 11/11/2012 12:54:06 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Why does the left have such a grip on this country? Because they worked for it. --Daniel Greenfield)
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To: NYer
Ya but are they union or non-union and if they are non, will they get the 28hr a week treatment that Applebee's and everyone else is going through to get around Obamacare... Now that would be a double Schadenfreude moment...
7 posted on 11/11/2012 12:54:27 PM PST by taildragger (( Tighten the 5 point harness and brace for Impact Freepers, ya know it's coming..... ))
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To: NYer

Where is the great and all knowing OSHA ?

You must wear your PPE !! (Personal Protective Equipment)

Zero tolerance and zero risk! Or your company will fined into bankruptcy.


8 posted on 11/11/2012 12:58:34 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (The best is the enemy of the good!)
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San Francisco has room for more studios. As part of the base closure on Treasure Island, a gay movie studio films in one of the ex-military hangers.

Do they use condoms? I have no idea.


9 posted on 11/11/2012 1:03:20 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: NYer
Porn is not new.


10 posted on 11/11/2012 1:10:03 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (The parasites now outnumber the producers.)
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To: NYer

It’s for the children, dontcha know.


11 posted on 11/11/2012 1:12:15 PM PST by gusty
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There goes Obama’s post-presidency career.


12 posted on 11/11/2012 1:13:02 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: NYer

On November 6th, Los Angeles County voters passed a referendum requiring pornographers to wear condoms to cut an outbreak of disease.”

We are living in Bizaro World!


13 posted on 11/11/2012 1:22:41 PM PST by diamond6 (Pray........pray very hard!!)
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——Pornography production is only legal in California, New Hampshire and Nevada.  Nevada already has the condom mandate in place.——

I’m not sure about that.... I ran a distribution center next door to a porn studio in Tampa Florida....

Of course it may have been illegal....cops sure didn’t care...

Believe it or not, it is now a IRS building...and the building / Warehouse I ran is now a huge church....


14 posted on 11/11/2012 1:34:03 PM PST by Popman (November 7th...will be a good dafor America..)
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The Free Speech Coalition immediately announced plans to file a lawsuit to overturn the law on behalf of the “adult entertainment” industry.


I find it difficult to comprehend their definition of “speech.”


15 posted on 11/11/2012 1:41:40 PM PST by Rides_A_Red_Horse (If there is a war on women, the Kennedys are the Spec Ops troops.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
OSHA! I shuddered and took an involuntary look over my shoulder.

Chipping paint? Where is your respirator? (and no respirators without an approved training course!)

Chainsaw? Where is your helemt and what is its expiration date? (and no chainsaw without an approved class!)

Taking a $*!t? No $*!t without correct wiping procedure!

Any and all accidents are preventable and unacceptable!

16 posted on 11/11/2012 1:42:29 PM PST by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Gone Galt, 11/07/12)
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To: NYer

17 posted on 11/11/2012 1:45:01 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's bankruptcy: 2016)
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To: NYer

Just let the stupid perverts kill themselves and get it over with. Funny how they are upset when their own allies put a regulation on them.


18 posted on 11/11/2012 1:50:59 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: diamond6

The Prince of Darkness put this on the ballot to mock us.

Simply reading, considering and/or discussing the initiative violates the public conscience.

Insult to injury with LA’s vote for Obama.


19 posted on 11/11/2012 1:59:23 PM PST by reagandemocrat
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Porn is not new.

Neither is murder and prostitution. It doesn't make it good for society or the individuals involved just because it has been around for a while.

20 posted on 11/11/2012 2:02:38 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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