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[–] greycloud 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

The number of reported cases of children being abused at home has almost doubled since 2010, despite the declining birth rate.

this has occurred since japan made child porn illegal again. when they first made it legal there was a major decrease in child sex abuse. they had studies on it. legal child porn reduces child sex abuse at least in japan and the czech republic (the only two studies on the subject that i am aware of and both showed a decrease in child sex abuse following legalization of child porn). but the US and the EU put pressure on japan through trade contracts and NGO's to force them to make it illegal again, and when they did, well child sex abuse rate went back up. which should have been expected.

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[–] TeranNotTerran 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

As terrible as this is, it sounds plausible to me. In general, laws only tend to harm that which they are trying to protect.