Condoms required in L.A. porn movies LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actors in adult movies filmed in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms under an ordinance signed into law by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and porn industry leaders say the
Condoms required in L.A. porn movies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actors in adult movies filmed in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms under an ordinance signed into law by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and porn industry leaders say the regulation could lead them to abandon the nation’s porn capital.
The law, signed Monday, will take effect 41 days after it is posted by the city clerk, something that could happen as early as this week.
Officials with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which lobbied for years for such a law, expressed jubilation Tuesday and said they would now turn their attention to getting a similar condom requirement adopted elsewhere.
“The city of Los Angeles has done the right thing. They’ve done the right thing for the performers,” said Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation
He said its adoption is crucial in protecting adult film actors from HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Weinstein said his group will next try to get Los Angeles County to adopt a similar measure for its unincorporated areas.
