A state legislator has filed a bill that would recognize pornography as a “public health hazard.”
The bill, filed by State Rep. Valoree Swanson (R-Spring), calls for a push for education and research to deal with the onerous influences of pornography.
House Concurrent Resolution 2 says Texas citizens are “exposed to sexually explicit content through a wide range of media” every day in the state. It also adds that some people who are exposed to porn are not yet teenagers.
"Besides promoting unhealthy sexual expectations, the adult entertainment industry produces media that objectify
women and children as well as depict rape and abuse; by associating violence with sexual gratification, these materials perpetuate the demand for sex trafficking, prostitution, child pornography, and
sexual abuse images," reads the resolution.
Swanson submitted a bill with nearly the same language is the last Legislative session. House Bill 781 but it died in the public health committee without going to a floor vote.
Swanson won a third term in the House in November, 2020. As of June 2017, She was a member of the Texas Freedom Caucus, a conservative legislative caucus in the state House.
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