The “Prevent Sexual Exploitation of Women and Minors Act” (HB 805) targets pornography’s harmful exploitation of children and women. It requires an online pornography operator to verify that each individual appearing in the pornographic image was not less than 18 years of age when the image was created, has provided explicit written consent for each sexual act depicted, and has provided explicit written consent for the distribution of the specific pornographic image. Under the bill, the Attorney General is to create the consent form and enforce the law. It also provides for removal of pornographic images from the online entity upon request. We offer our sincere gratitude to Representatives Jackson, Budd, Stevens, and Balkcom for sponsoring the bill.

It is a critical time to protect children from exploitation by the pornography industry because online child sexual abuse material is on the rise. In the US, reports have grown exponentially in recent years, from 3,000 reports in 1998 to more than 1,000,000 in 2014 and 18,400,000 in 2018. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children recorded more than 29,300,000 reports of suspected child sexual abuse material in 2021, the highest number of reports ever received in a single year and a 35 percent increase from 2020.

 Click below to contact your legislators today and urge them to support this pro-values bill. 

The “Prevent Sexual Exploitation of Women and Minors Act” (HB 805) targets pornography’s harmful exploitation of children and women. It requires an online pornography operator to verify that each individual appearing in the pornographic image was not less than 18 years of age when the image was created, has provided explicit written consent for each sexual act depicted, and has provided explicit written consent for the distribution of the specific pornographic image. Under the bill, the Attorney General is to create the consent form and enforce the law. It also provides for removal of pornographic images from the online entity upon request. We offer our sincere gratitude to Representatives Jackson, Budd, Stevens, and Balkcom for sponsoring the bill.

It is a critical time to protect children from exploitation by the pornography industry because online child sexual abuse material is on the rise. In the US, reports have grown exponentially in recent years, from 3,000 reports in 1998 to more than 1,000,000 in 2014 and 18,400,000 in 2018. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children recorded more than 29,300,000 reports of suspected child sexual abuse material in 2021, the highest number of reports ever received in a single year and a 35 percent increase from 2020.

 Click below to contact your legislators today and urge them to support this pro-values bill.Â