PUBLIC ADVOCATE CELEBRATES: 23 STATES AND SEVERAL NATIONS NOW BLOCK PORN SITES
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PUBLIC ADVOCATE CELEBRATES 23 STATES BLOCKING PORNOGRAPHY TO CHILDREN
STATEMENT OF EUGENE DELGAUDIO, PRESIDENT PUBLIC ADVOCATE
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"THANK YOU to Public Advocate supporters who helped me fight for the passage of Age Restrictions in Texas and helped me convince the Supreme Court to uphold that age restriction requiring pornographers to verify the over 18 visitor to their obscene acts. We celebrate 23 states and many nations to block access to pornography websites today.
There was a disgusting effort by pornographers and liberal Republicans and Democrats to derail this effort with the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton during the U.S. Supreme Court appeal process. The impeachement vote in the House was a sham process with only Public Advocate opposing it publicly. No other conservative group we know about put as much on the line.
Public Advocate is the only conservative organization teamed up with President Donald Trump, to stand by AG Ken Paxton who was exonerated by the Texas Senate. Paxton then appeared in court to successfully argue on behalf of children.
Had Public Advocate not been vigilant, this law could have once again been ignored and overturned. I remember years ago, another statewide Texas government official who stood by and sat on his hands years ago to allow the entire Marriage Law and Sodomy laws be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
I resolved to not let that happen again. Here we have a fighter, Ken Paxton, who was targeted for removal right before a Supreme Court hearing. We stood by him and fought off his miserable backstabbing attackers with gusto and righteousness.
The RESULT:
The Texas restriction was ably defended and the US Supreme Court voted 6-3 to uphold it.
Arizona was the 2nd state within days to follow Texas and now 23 states block porn to children.
REPEAT: The Supreme Court had ruled 6 to 3 in favor of the law restricting access to pornogrpahy online and now 23 states have adopted the age restriction. More will follow. Many countries have adopted this model law also.
We must resolve to get more states to fight this battle going forward, " says Delgaudio
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In an effort to keep kids away from objectionable content, a number of US states and several countries-Australia being the latest-have implemented age-verification laws that require websites to confirm that their visitors are of age.
UPDATED: Pornography Age Verification Laws - What They Are and Which States Have Them
Half of all states - Louisiana, Arkansas, Virginia, Utah, Montana, Texas, North Carolina, Indiana, Idaho, Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, Georgia, Alabama, Kansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming, North Dakota, Missouri, Arizona and Ohio - require pornography companies to verify the ages of their online consumers.
Ten more states hope to pass age verification legislation in 2026.
Described by Politico as "perhaps the most bipartisan laws in the country," age verification laws help parents protect their kids by making it harder for minors to access adult content online.
Most age verification bills:
- Require companies who publish a "substantial" amount of adult content - usually 1/3 or more of their total production - to check the age of every person accessing their website.
- Create a way for parents to sue pornography companies if their kids access content they shouldn't.
The Supreme Court found age verification requirements like these constitutional in June 2025, silencing critics who argue they infringe on free speech and privacy rights.
While most age verification laws contain the same basic components, few are identical.
Some states add age-verification requirements for social media companies. Minnesota's House Filing 1875 would require social media companies to exclude children younger than 14 from their platforms.
Michigan's Senate Bill 284 would require manufacturers like Apple to verify device users' ages and communicate that information to other apps and websites.
Wyoming's HB 43, now law, requires all online websites which publish or host adult content - no matter how little - to verify consumers' ages.
States also employ different strategies to pass age verification bills.
Ohio rolled its age verification law into the bill establishing the state's 2026-2027 budget. Missouri legislators introduced five bills this month to build on the state's existing age verification regulations.
Hawaii separated its legislation into two bills - one establishing age verification requirements and another creating penalties for violators - so representatives could approve the requirements even if they disagreed with proposed penalties.
While not perfect, age verification laws greatly restrict the amount of porn young people can access. After Louisiana became the first state to pass such legislation in 2022, traffic to Pornhub.com from that state dropped by 80%, one spokesperson told the Institute for Family Studies.