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Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas kiss in a scene from the film Basic Instinct, famous for its explicit sex scenes.
LOS ANGELES: The San Fernando Valley’s mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, has passed a law that will force performers in adult movies to use condoms.
A taskforce of police, nurses and aids campaigners could soon raid pornographic film sets to ensure performers comply. If they don’t, film-makers’ licences will be revoked.
The legislation is the culmination of a six-year battle between producers and the LA-based Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest community-based Aids care provider.
The porn industry’s response is that the condom law is an erosion of rights.
For several years, pornographers have self-regulated, insisting on 30-day STI tests for workers. If a performer contracts gonorrhoea or chlamydia they are sent home until it clears up. Infections such as herpes are not screened.
The boundary between the LA porn industry and the city’s sex trade is extremely porous, with many performers also working as escorts. If workers are tested every 30 days they can catch an infection in their private lives and spread the disease before it is detected. - The Independent on Sunday
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