Laws protecting children from online porn are winning in some states as activists push nationwide solution

The legislative push to require all pornography websites to adopt age verification technology to protect children from being exposed to explicit content online is gaining momentum in more than a dozen states.

Seventeen states have enacted verification laws to date, including Alabama and Georgia, whose governors signed the porn ID laws last week. 

"We're building momentum in the states, but the ultimate goal is to work with the next president," Terry Schilling, president of the nonprofit think tank American Principles Project...