LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has thrown out an AIDS advocacy group's request that condoms be required on the sets of pornographic movies.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation petitioned the court, claiming the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has "passively observed an ever-growing epidemic" of sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, within the porn industry, the Los Angeles Times said.
"For over a decade, county health officials have talked, watched, written and analyzed. What county health officials have not done is act," the petition said.
But Judge David P. Yaffe Tuesday dismissed the request for a court order demanding the health department require condom use on porn movie sets or take other precautionary measures to curb the spread of disease.
Yaffe noted in his ruling the county has broad discretion regarding how it deals with public health, the Times reported.
