Calif. board to study requiring condoms in porn

Calif. board to study requiring condoms in porn

LOS ANGELES – California's worker safety board voted Thursday to further study a proposal that would require porn actors to wear condoms during sex scenes.

The six-member California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted unanimously to assign an advisory committee to study the proposal from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The advocacy group filed a petition in December seeking to require the use of condoms in the porn industry.

"We feel like this is the game-changer. The sentiment expressed by the board members indicates that the majority if not all of them are willing to vote for regulations," said Michael Weinstein, president of the Los Angeles-based advocacy group.

The group wants the same sort of protections in place for nurses and doctors who work with bodily fluids to be extended to porn to prevent the transmission of diseases.

By law, U.S. adult film actors must prove they have tested negative for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases within 30 days of going to work on a film.

Pornographers, including Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Vivid Entertainment head Steven Hirsch, have said mandatory testing for adult film actors has been an effective way to prevent the spread of disease. Flynt added that adult film viewers don't want to see people using condoms.

Hirsch said the adult film industry would likely leave California if the use of condoms became mandatory.

In a statement, an adult entertainment trade group praised the state's decision to form a committee to study the matter.

"I hope that they choose someone responsible from the adult community to participate and I'm hopeful that, eventually, some workable regulations will be put in place," said Paul Cambria, a lawyer for the Free Speech Coalition.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation's other efforts to mandate condom use have been unsuccessful.

A lawsuit the foundation filed over the issue use was dismissed in December.

Last month, Los Angeles County public health director Dr. Jonathan Fielding said regulating condom use on porn sets is nearly impossible, citing typically clandestine porn shoots that require little more than a bed and a camera.

The foundation also has written three pieces of legislation to require condoms in porn but can't find a legislator willing to sponsor their bill.

this is kind of ridiculous but i guess in away trying to control it is admiting it is a legitimate industry

some things do not need cleaned up, it defeats the hard core issue

veiwers not wanting to see condoms pretty much goes with the
whole uncaring, disrespectful and socially irresponsible attitude most porn addicts have

c/thru wrote:

veiwers not wanting to see condoms pretty much goes with the
whole uncaring, disrespectful and socially irresponsible attitude most porn addicts have

you say that like it's a bad thing

The stupid thing is they can either shoot it out of state or say they shot it in a duifferent state. Why have a law you have no way to control....oh wait California, that;s the answer. Don't they have more pressing problems?

Joebert wrote:

The stupid thing is they can either shoot it out of state or say they shot it in a duifferent state. Why have a law you have no way to control....oh wait California, that;s the answer. Don't they have more pressing problems?

Oh, you mean like financial collapse and bankruptcy ? No, I'm afraid condoms on porn stars are more important.

BMG wrote:

Joebert wrote:

The stupid thing is they can either shoot it out of state or say they shot it in a duifferent state. Why have a law you have no way to control....oh wait California, that;s the answer. Don't they have more pressing problems?

Oh, you mean like financial collapse and bankruptcy ? No, I'm afraid condoms on porn stars are more important.

well if they get disease, national healthcare will cover it now

BMG wrote:

Joebert wrote:

The stupid thing is they can either shoot it out of state or say they shot it in a duifferent state. Why have a law you have no way to control....oh wait California, that;s the answer. Don't they have more pressing problems?

Oh, you mean like financial collapse and bankruptcy ? No, I'm afraid condoms on porn stars are more important.

well, let's just check in with Cali and see what they think about all of this ....

I'd say he isn't doing the best job.

Joebert wrote:

I'd say he isn't doing the best job.

He has failed to completely terminate Cali so far. Maybe they'll elect that liquid metal guy next and see how he does.

John McCain is involved with legislation having to do with bark beetles in the western states. Condoms, bark beetles--guess it's all about "wood" of one sort or another...