 Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith wrote, "...the record is replete with examples of the sort of damage that access to pornography does to children. That is far more than what is necessary to demonstrate that the legislature did not act irrationally." In response to the Texas law, Pornhub announced that it was blocking access to its website in Texas, claiming that the state law was ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous, and that it violated the rights of adults to access protected speech.