Porn actors must wear condoms,Los Angeles lawmakers rule.

A regional U.S. federal appeals court ruled that
pornographic movie actors in Los Angeles must
wear condoms during sex scenes, upholding a
lower court decision that was challenged by the
adult film industry.

In 2012, voters in Los Angeles County approved a
measure to require condom use during sex scenes
in pornographic movies, as well as the regular
testing of actors forsexually transmitted diseases.

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals upheld the requirement on Monday,
saying it was narrowly tailored to achieve the
County's interest of reducing the rate of sexually
transmitted infections while also leaving open
"adequate alternative means of expression"

The panel said it agreed with the lower court that,
whatever "unique message" the film makers might
hope to conv
ey by depicting condomless sex, it was unlikely
that viewers of adult films would understand that
message.

Likewise, the San Francisco-based appeals court
said, mandates to test actors, and to require
producers to complete a county-approved training
course on blood-borne pathogens, served the goal
of preventing sexually transmitted infections