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Montana Legislature Passes Resolution Recognizing Pornography Use as Public Health Crisis

News Staff : Apr 24, 2019
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The CDC recently told CNN that "Pornography can be connected to other public health issues like sexual violence and occupational HIV transmission."

[LifeSiteNews.com] On April 23rd, Montana became the 13th state to pass a resolution recognizing the public health harms of pornography. (Image: Montana Capitol/Wikimedia Commons/via LifeSiteNews)

"Similar to tobacco in the 1950s, research & science have caught up with the harmful impacts of a pervasive industry. That is why the National Center on Sexual Exploitation authored the model resolution that formally recognizes the impacts of pornography which is being passed around the country," said Dawn Hawkins, Executive Director of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE).

"Modern pornography—with its limitless quantity, speed, and violent or degrading themes—is a jarring new variable in human evolution. It's not surprising that such a variable would have negative effects on brains and bodies built for person-to-person sexual contact. Medical professionals, elected officials, therapists and more are beginning to acknowledge the public health harms of pornography," Hawkins continued.

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation has created a Research Summary highlighting findings from over 90 peer-reviewed studies on the harms of pornography. Some findings include:

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