Pregnant Jessica Simpson's nude cover censored by Arizona grocery store

London, Mar 23 (ANI): An Arizona grocery store has censored a magazine cover featuring a pregnant Jessica Simpson posing nude.

The new issue of Elle was partially obscured at the Safeway in Tuscon by a piece of cardboard bearing the words: 'Please do not remove cardboard', the Daily Mail reported.

Even though the star, who is dating former NFL player Eric Johnson, posed carefully obscuring anything that might be considered indecent, the store deemed it unsuitable for all audiences.

An image of the notice was taken by a shopper, who sent it to women's news site Jezebel.

However, a female Arizona state official on Thursday announced that she wants to force women to watch videos of an abortion before getting one.

And last week, it was also reported that a proposed new law would give Arizona employers the power to request that women being prescribed birth control pills provide proof that they're using it for non-sexual reasons.

The image of the 31-year-old is a parody of a famous 1991 Vanity Fair cover in which Demi Moore was photographed nude and pregnant.

It was banned and censored on many American newsstands, setting off national debate on motherhood, feminism and beauty. (ANI)

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