WHAT: Supporters of the Texas age verification law that protects children from accessing online pornography will hold a briefing ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 15 hearing of oral arguments in the pornography industry’s challenge to this commonsense law (FSC v. Paxton). The pornography industry is fighting to maintain children’s unrestricted access to online pornography.
Legal experts, child protection advocates, researchers, and lived experience experts will discuss the legal aspects of the case before the Supreme Court, how children are harmed by pornography exposure, and why age verification is one of several necessary layers of online protections for children.
Online pornography is a powerful visual stimulus that is disruptive to children’s development contributing to numerous harms including vulnerability to sexual victimization, child-on-child harmful sexual behaviors, high-risk sexual behaviors, and compulsive sexual behaviors.
This is the most significant case to come before the Supreme Court on the issue of pornography in 20 years. The Court’s decision will lay the foundation, either for good or for ill, for protecting future generations from exposure to online pornography.
WHO:
- Iain Corby, Executive Director, The Age Verification Providers Association
- Peter Gentala, Senior Legal Counsel, National Center on Sexual Exploitation
- Dr. Donald Hilton, Neurosurgeon
- Joseph Kohm III, Esq., Director of Public Policy, Family Policy Alliance
- Brad Littlejohn, Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Christina Rangel, Director of Public Policy, Exodus Cry
- Rachel Robison, Pornography Exposure Survivor
- Terry Schilling, President, American Principles Project
- Lisa Thompson, Vice President of Research, National Center on Sexual Exploitation
WHEN: Tuesday, January 14 from 1:00-2:00 pm EST
WHERE: Watch online at https://www.youtube.com/live/QcdaPdGrdbM or attend in-person at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, 1201 F St NW, Suite 200, Washington DC, 20004.
RSVP: To attend in-person, please email press@ncose.com.
