In 1985, [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan's]] [[Attorney General]] [[Edward Meese]] appointed a panel of clinical and psychological experts who determined that pornography stimulates negative attitudes and has negative effects for individuals and society and that it can impair the mental and emotional health of children and adults.<ref>Report of the Surgeon General's workshop on Pornography and Public Health. Koop,C.E. Amer. Psych. 1987 42: 944-945</ref> [[liberal|Liberals]] have criticized this study and claimed that pornography should be protected as [[free speech]], even though the [[Founding Fathers]] couldn't have possibly intended that filth be allowed to be as widespread as it is. Not only does society have to deal with the increase in violent crime against women that pornography brings, but it also leads to a degradation of [[morality]]. Society has to spend money to incarcerate and rehabilitate those criminals who are inspired by pornography, and to treat the victims of it.
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In 1985, [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan's]] [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Edward Meese]] appointed a panel of clinical and psychological experts who determined that pornography stimulates negative attitudes and has negative effects for individuals and society and that it can impair the mental and emotional health of children and adults.<ref>Report of the Surgeon General's workshop on Pornography and Public Health. Koop,C.E. Amer. Psych. 1987 42: 944-945</ref> [[liberal|Liberals]] have criticized this study and claimed that pornography should be protected as [[free speech]], even though the [[Founding Fathers]] couldn't have possibly intended that filth be allowed to be as widespread as it is. Not only does society have to deal with the increase in violent crime against women that pornography brings, but it also leads to a degradation of [[morality]]. Society has to spend money to incarcerate and rehabilitate those criminals who are inspired by pornography, and to treat the victims of it.