The Nation - News from May 21, 1985
Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III, declaring that pornography has “radically changed” since a presidential commission proposed repealing most laws against it 15 years ago, named an 11-member panel to recommend ways to control the sexually explicit material. In particular, pornography has begun to place “more and more emphasis on extreme violence,” Meese told reporters at a Washington news conference. Californians on the 11-member commission include James C. Dobson, staff member of Childrens Hospital in Los Angeles; U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Garcia of Sacramento; and Deanne Tilton, president of the California Consortium of Child Abuse Councils.
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