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MO SCR3
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
- Missouri Senate Concurrent Resolution (100th General Assembly, First Regular Session) formally recognizes pornography as leading to individual and societal harms
- Cites the average age of first exposure to pornography as 11 to 12 years old, noting that early exposure can lead to low self-esteem, body image disorders, and risky sexual behavior among youth
- Asserts that pornography may normalize violence and abuse, increase demand for sex trafficking, prostitution, and child sexual abuse imagery, and is potentially biologically addictive
- Links pornography use to negative effects on brain development, difficulty forming intimate relationships, lessened desire to marry, marital dissatisfaction, and infidelity
- Calls for education, prevention, research, and policy change at the community and societal level to address pornography's harms, though the resolution carries no binding legal effect
Legislative Description
Recognizes the societal harms brought by pornography and the need for education, prevention, research, and policy change
Last Action
H Calendar Senate Concurrent Resolutions for Third Reading
5/17/2019
Committee Referrals
Rules - Administrative Oversight5/9/2019
Judiciary4/17/2019
Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics1/15/2019
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