Child Pornography: Constitutional Principles and Federal Statutes (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Oct. 15, 2003 |
| Report Number |
95-406A |
| Authors |
Henry Cohen |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
The Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996, P.L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009- 26, added a definition of "child pornography" that include visual depictions of what appears to be a minor engaging in explicit sexual conduct, even if no actual minor was used in producing the depiction. On April 16, 2002, in Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, the Supreme Court held this provision unconstitutional to the extent that it prohibited pictures that were not produced with actual minors. (This case is discussed under "Section 2256," below.) In response to Ashcroft, bills were introduced in the House and Senate that would continue to ban some child pornography that was produced without an actual minor; on June 25, 2002, the House passed one such bill: H.R. 4623, 107th Congress.
