Pornography and the Law: Civil Rights or Censorship?

Patricia Hirl is the Associate General Counsel for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune and Adjunct Professor of Communications Law at William mitchell College of Law in Minneapolis. She is co-author of Media Law in the Midwest and founder of a citizens committee to promote freedom of expression.
Jeanne Barkey is co-founder and Director of the Pornography Resource Center and worked on the Minneapolis anti-pornography ordinance. She has been involved in community organization against sexual assault and pornography. Her undergraduate degree is in women studies and political science from Stanford.

Discussion during the debate will center on the civil rights anti-pornography ordinance which was enacted in response to the victimization of women in pornography.
Part of the National Affairs Series.