Condoms In Porn Law Upheld By Appeals Court

Good News For People Who Want Condoms In Porn
COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photo taken by AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, from left, Jenni Case, a former adult entertainment actress, Jan Merritt, a former adult entertainment actress, Derrick Burts, former adult perform who contracted HIV while working in the industry, Michael Weinstein, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, President, Shelley Lubben, a former adult entertainment actress and founder of Pink Cross Foundation, and Darren James, former adult performer who contracted HIV while working in the industry, join AIDS Healthcare Foundation to launch a City of Los Angeles ballot initiative for condoms in porn effort tying adult film permits issued by the City to condom use in adult films, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, in Los Angeles. (Phil McCarten/AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)
COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photo taken by AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, from left, Jenni Case, a former adult entertainment actress, Jan Merritt, a former adult entertainment actress, Derrick Burts, former adult perform who contracted HIV while working in the industry, Michael Weinstein, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, President, Shelley Lubben, a former adult entertainment actress and founder of Pink Cross Foundation, and Darren James, former adult performer who contracted HIV while working in the industry, join AIDS Healthcare Foundation to launch a City of Los Angeles ballot initiative for condoms in porn effort tying adult film permits issued by the City to condom use in adult films, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, in Los Angeles. (Phil McCarten/AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)

JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a Los Angeles County ordinance requiring that actors in pornographic films use condoms.

Monday's ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments by porn industry leaders that the requirement inhibits the industry's First Amendment free-speech rights.

The ordinance adopted by voters in 2012 was championed by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and other advocates as a means of reducing sexually transmitted diseases.

The porn industry says its past experience with condoms has taught it that viewers don't want to watch films in which they are used.

The industry also says its own safety efforts, including regular testing of performers for sexually transmitted diseases, eliminate the need for condoms.

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