Porn producer Vivid Entertainment sues LA County over condom rule

[MNBrewer]

113. Not really.

28% of the *non-random sample* of porn actors tested *at that clinic* tested positive for an STD. It is not an exhaustive testing regimen, as it is being compared to in the case of the Las Vegas prostitutes. There is enough sample bias in the cited study to throw that number into doubt for applicability to the broader adult actor population (it could be higher or lower, no way to know).

also, when the videos are shot in the counties surrounding Los Angeles county, do you think the actors will pick up and move there? I doubt it. This will do nothing to shift the public health expense burden to other counties. Will you propose that people can only be treated for STDs in the counties in which they contracted them?

The excuse that's used, that the forced use of condoms is to protect the actors, is just that. It's an excuse to ban filming of unprotected sex in any form (including oral sex).

I don't know what the porn industry is like for women, but for the gay male porn performers, whether to perform with or without a condom is absolutely the performer's choice.