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Issues of obscenity arise at federal and state levels. State laws operate only within the jurisdiction of each state, and state laws on obscenity differ. Federal statutes ban obscenity and child pornography produced with real children (such child pornography is unprotected by the First Amendment even when it is not obscene). Federal law also ...
In most states, much more severe offenses and/or sentences exist for cases with young children, approximately under 12–13. Many states [8] include in their penal codes a "Romeo and Juliet" exception for cases where sexual activity occurs between a young adult and a minor whose ages are within a few years of each other. [9]
Child pornography first became illegal at the federal level in 1978, with the enactment of the Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act of 1977. [3] Before the 1978 law, child pornography was illegal in only two states. [4] The 1978 law was subsequently strengthened in 1984, with the passage of the Child Protection Act. [5]
WASHINGTON − In the two decades since the Supreme Court blocked federal efforts to protect children from online pornography, American kids' access to the internet has exploded and concerns about ...
In Texas, Florida, and more than a dozen other states, users who try to access the world’s largest pornography website are greeted by a surprising sight: a message on a black screen telling them ...
Henry (1987), the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the Oregon state law that criminalized obscenity was an unconstitutional restriction of free speech under the free speech provision of the Oregon Constitution, with the ruling making Oregon the "first state in the nation to abolish the offense of obscenity". [11] In Cohen v.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is an international treaty that legally obligates nations to protect children's rights. Articles 34 and 35 of the CRC require states to protect children from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse.
The attorneys general of three states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Friday for trying to bar children from accessing gender-altering procedures. President Donald Trump signed an ...