The Supreme Court in New York v.Ferber held that states are granted more leeway in the regulation of pornographic depictions of children than in the regulation of obscenity because the use of children as subjects of pornographic materials is harmful to the physiological, emotional, and mental health of the child.

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The Supreme Court in New York v.Ferber held that states are granted more leeway in the regulation of pornographic depictions of children than in the regulation of obscenity because the use of children as subjects of pornographic materials is harmful to the physiological, emotional, and mental health of the child.

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The statement accurately reflects the holding of the Supreme Court in New York v. Ferber, which established that the government has a compelling interest in protecting children from the harms that can result from the production and distribution of child pornography. As a result, courts have given states more leeway in regulating child pornography than in regulating other forms of sexually explicit material.

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