{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-11-77-1","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 11-77-1","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 11-77-1","body":"The Legislature finds that pornography contributes to:\n\n(a) The hyper sexualization of teens and prepubescent children and may lead to low self-esteem, body image disorders;\n\n(b) An increase in problematic sexual activity at younger ages, and increased desire among adolescents to engage in risky sexual behavior;\n\n(c) Difficulty in forming or maintaining positive, intimate relationships, as well as promoting problematic or harmful sexual behaviors and addiction; and\n\n(d) A negative impact brain development and functioning, contribute to emotional and medical illnesses, shape deviant sexual arousal.","path":["MS Code","Title 11"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"30117ffbe007ee5146240868b1c923bf21b57daca6b4e94e59a12939d32f2597","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-11-75-1","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-11-77-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}