Adult Film Industry Announced Moratorium on the Making of Porn Films

The adult film industry announced a moratorium on the making of porn films after a porn actor tested positive for HIV, according to a report released on Wednesday.

The performer was not named for the sake of his privacy but his on-screen partners are now being tested by doctors with Adult Production Health and Safety Services, an organization that works with the porn industry.

Diane Duke, executive director of the industry trade group the Free Speech Coalition told the Associated Press, "The moratorium will be lifted once the risk of transmission has been eliminated."

She also added that the actor was not infected on a film set.

According to the Kansas City Star, a moratorium was in place last year after nearly a dozen performers were infected during a syphilis outbreak.

Michael Weinstein, member of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation told the Kansas City Star in a statement, "How many adult film performers have to become infected with an array of preventable sexually transmitted diseases - including HIV, which is not curable - before the porn industry actually complies with the law requiring condom use."

The Los Angeles Democrat told the Kansas City Star, "Exposing workers to this type of harm would not be accepted in any other industry in this nation."