Concerned over the
Concerned over the “toxic environment” pornography allegedly perpetuates, one Arizona lawmaker is asking colleagues to consider naming porn a crisis. Legislation introduced by state Rep. Michelle Udall seeks to declare pornography a public health crisis in Arizona. If passed, the bill would denounce porn for what Udall claims are its individual and public health impacts and call on both the state and the nation to prevent exposure and addiction.
“Pornography is a crisis leading to a broad spectrum of individual and public health impacts,” the text of Udall’s House Concurrent Resolution 2009 reads. The bill claims that “pornography perpetuates a sexually toxic environment that damages all areas of our society” with “potential detrimental effects” to viewers being “toxic sexual behaviors, emotional, mental and medical illnesses, and difficulty forming or maintaining intimate relationships.”
According to TheArizona Republic, however, the bill is largely symbolic. In fact, the bill would not actually have any legal impact on porn consumption in the state if passed.
