In their attack on Article 208 of the Criminal Code, the Front Against Censorship has suggested a legal clause which allows for the distribution and production of pornography as long as it does not involve human trafficking, the abuse of minors, the exploitation of the human person or any other criminal acts defined by law. It is a well-known documented fact that children are involved in the production of pornography and it is impossible to validate the ages of some of these actors.

The Front's proposals at first glance seem to be praiseworthy but just how exactly can anyone guarantee that a woman is not being used as a prop for sex and that she has not been coerced into the making of a porn movie?

How does one determine whether a woman apparently willingly taking part in consensual acts in a porn movie has not actually been bought from international human traffickers?

And just how is pornography any better for society even if it is a little "cleaner"? Laws are only effective if they can be enforced.

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