Well, you're asking two questions here: 1. is it legal right now That I can't say. Ask a lawyer. Most probably not, depending. 2. should it be legal right no

Well, you're asking two questions here: 1. is it legal right now That I can't say. Ask a lawyer. Most probably not, depending. 2. should it be legal right now Yes, yes it should. That's the entire point behind "free speech" - once you start drawing lines, shit happens. And the problem isn't with child porn per se, the problem is with the horrific acts that produce it and the mentality of the people who enjoy it, but the image itself should not be in any way illegal. Think of scenes of gruesome manslaughter. There are people who get sexual satisfaction from seeing bloody dismembered corpses. Even so, those images, unsettling as they are to a mentally healthy person, aren't illegal.