Due to the registration of the citizens' committee of the legislative initiative on limiting access to pornography, its representatives organised a press conference before the Polish Parliament.
During the event, representatives of the Centre of Life and Family, the Institute of Ordo Iuris, the Association of independency March, the All-Polish Youth and the Foundation of Mama and Papa spoke.
Conference participants presented studies showing the negative consequences of young people utilizing pornography. They besides stressed the request for effective mechanisms to defend children from access to these content.
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The usage of pornography by children and young people is an expanding problem. Studies show that 1 in 5 children had contact with pornographic content before they were 10. 1 4th of teenagers aged 12-14 claim to watch pornography at least erstwhile a week. Contact with pornographic content entails a number of physical and intellectual problems. These include addictions, brain developmental disorders, relation problems, depression, and anxiety.
During the press conference, the consequences of watching pornography by young people were discussed by Adv. Rafał Dorosiński from the Management Board of Ordo Iuris.
– In the justification of the project, we point to a number of studies and analyses that show the harmfulness of pornography for young generation, for children and teenagers. Pornographic content is not without influence on behavior, building relations with the other sex. The draft law is designed to halt pathology of easy access to pornography for children and young people," the lawyer pointed out.
Marek Grabowski, president of the Mama and Taty Foundation, pointed out the negative reception of pornography in society and the strong support for the request to restrict access is specified content.
– Pornography is available on the marketplace long adequate for society, as well as pornographic users themselves, to see how large the evil it spreads. 90% of Poles support limiting access to pornography for children and young people. This is due to the fact that pornographic content has a devastating effect on families and marriages," he noted.
Adam Leszczyński, the press spokesperson of the All-Polish Youth, spoke about the influence of pornography on human relations.
– In the interests of large companies, it is not for a young man to make a relationship, just to buy and consume. However, creating deep relationships, especially by young people, is able to improve our wellness and life, so it serves our national interest," he noted.
Aleksander Kowaliński, a press spokesperson for the independency March Association, pointed out the problem of utilizing pornography to advance extremist leftist ideologies.
– Easy access to pornography for children and young people, not only destroys the psyche of young people and social relationships that they create, but besides contributes to easier reception of various harmful ideologies. Therefore, as the independency March Association we powerfully support this initiative, we support the regulation of access to pornography among young Poles," he pointed out.
Agnieszka Gracz from the Centre for Life and household pointed out that the bill fits into a message that has been creating a movement around the Marches for Life and household for years.
– We encourage you to take joint work for children and young people. The aim of the task is to defend children, young people and future generations that will form our society and families," she stressed.
The bill was prepared by the Ordo Iuris Institute. The project's authors presume an work for pornographic portal administrators to introduce effective verification of the user's age. In the absence of specified mechanisms, net providers would be in danger of blocking and preventing them from utilizing payment services. In early September, representatives of the Citizens' Legislative Initiative Committee requested the registration of the Committee in the Sejm. Last week the talker of the Sejm Simon Holovnia approved this registration. Therefore, the collection of signatures under the task has officially begun. It's 3 months to collect 100,000 signatures.
Page Stop NarcoticVipornography.pl you can download a card to collect signatures. The signed signatures must be sent to the address of the committee.