Texas Child Exploitation Unit Arrests Man For Possession And Promotion Of Child Pornography
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AG Paxton’s Child Exploitation Unit Arrests Eagle Lake Man for Possession and Promotion of Child Pornography
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that the Child Exploitation Unit of his office arrested 32-year-old Camron Lee Wood, of Eagle Lake, Texas, on one count of possession of child pornography and one count of promotion of child pornography.
A CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) alerted the Child Exploitation Unit to Wood, who reportedly uploaded child pornography to a social media account.
During the execution of a search warrant, investigators found Wood to be in possession of images and videos of child pornography.
When interviewed, Wood admitted to uploading, collecting and sharing files of child pornography.
Investigators seized several digital storage devices for examination by the Digital Forensics Unit of the attorney general’s office.
Attorney General Paxton’s office works to protect children by using the latest technology to track down some of the most profoundly evil predators online.
Since its inception, the Child Exploitation Unit has made 333 arrests and obtained 589 convictions on charges for possession of child pornography.
Attorney General Paxton urges all parents and teachers to become aware of the risks children face on the internet and take steps to help ensure their safety. If you suspect someone is producing or downloading child pornography, you can report it to NCMEC.
For more information on cyber safety, please visit: https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/initiatives/cyber-safety/.
AG Paxton’s Office Defends State Abortion Regulations in Court
AUSTIN – A legal team from Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office today defended reasonable state abortion regulations designed to protect the health and safety of women. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit today considered challenges to dozens of Louisiana’s democratically enacted abortion laws.
The court allowed Texas to participate in oral arguments as amicus curiae. Texas supported Louisiana’s argument that a district court incorrectly denied a motion to dismiss the meritless claims attacking the State’s entire regulatory system for abortion clinics, and explained the impact this ruling could have on Texas and other Fifth Circuit states.
The challenged Louisiana laws include health and safety standards, staffing requirements, and informed-consent measures—even a requirement that abortion clinics sterilize their instruments.
Texas and Mississippi – which joined Texas on an amicus brief in the case – are currently engaged in similar lawsuits. In Texas, abortion providers filed a lawsuit challenging the majority of Texas laws governing abortion, claiming that the laws unconstitutionally burden their patients.
The challenged laws include basic health and safety standards; a requirement that doctors perform abortions; a 24-hour waiting period; informed consent measures that ensure patients have all the information they need when making their decisions, including an ultrasound requirement; regulations on the use of medications to induce abortions; and laws governing the judicial bypass process for minors who seek abortions without parental notice or consent.
Many of these laws have previously been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court or the Fifth Circuit.
In Mississippi, abortion providers challenged numerous laws regarding abortion clinics and physicians – including Mississippi’s facility-licensing requirements, 24-hour waiting period law, informed consent laws, and restrictions on non-physicians performing abortions.
“The laws challenged by the abortion industry are specifically designed to protect women, so it’s natural to ask why abortion providers consider them so burdensome,” Attorney General Paxton said. “The answer is simple: this lawsuit and others like it have nothing to do with women’s health and everything to do with maximizing the clinics’ bottom line. The nation saw what happens when the government abdicates its duty to oversee abortionists in the case of Kermit Gosnell, who killed and injured women in his filthy, unregulated clinic. Women deserve better. The challenge to Louisiana’s sensible abortion laws should be tossed.”
Request for Opinion
Original Request for Opinion RQ-0300-KP
Authority of a credit services organization to assist a consumer with obtaining an extension of consumer credit in a form other than a deferred presentment transaction or motor vehicle title loan.
Received:
Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019
Requestor:
The Honorable Jim Murphy
Chair, Committee on Pensions, Investments, and Financial Services
Texas House of Representatives
Post Office Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768-291
