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Article discusses ongoing study at UCSF about negative affects of women who are denied an abortion. Study shows that women who were denied abortion are more likely to be in abusive relationships, be impoverished, and are overall not faring as well as women who were able to obtain abortion.

Article discusses ongoing study at UCSF about negative affects of women who are denied an abortion. Study shows that women who were denied abortion are more likely to be in abusive relationships, be impoverished, and are overall not faring as well as women who were able to obtain abortion.

Perry Chiaramonte reports a study taken by the Center for Studies on New Religions, and quotes Robert Nicholson and Ryan Mauro on the subject of Christian persecution. Being a Christian is the most dangerous thing you can do in many nations, and Christianity is the religion of the powerless.

I must say, I am not at all surprised that this study shows Christians as being the "most persecuted group in the world." All throughout history Christians have been persecuted in one way or another, especially during the Middle Ages. It is sad, however, to see how far from that era the world had come, yet seemingly is now back-sliding to that.

http://lesbianlife.about.com/cs/families/a/adoption_2.htm Original: In fact, scientific studies have shown that children who grow up in one or two-parent gay or lesbian households fare just as well emotionally and socially as children whose parents are heterosexual. Studies have shown that children are more influenced by their interactions with their parents, than by their sexual orientation. With this in mind, the American Association of Pediatrics supports gay and lesbian couples adopting children. Paraphrase: In truth, scientific studies have shown that children who grow up in one or two-parent gay or lesbian homes function just as well emotionally and socially as children whose parents are not gay or lesbian. Based on studies, the interactions children have with their parents are more influential than the sexual orientation of their parents. The American Association of Pediatrics keeps this in mind, and is supportive of homosexual couples adopting children

The experiment that is being conducted in this study is to essentially test the correlation of whether their is a positive outcome in achievements when school uniforms are placed into action. The outcome of the study actually concluded that there is a positive correlation between school uniforms and achievements.

Banning sugary drinks would increase people's desire to drink more sugary drinks. Even though New York put a ban on certain drinks and their sizes, people are consuming more.

In NYC, they strove to pass a ban on selling sodas that were larger than 16 ounces. Sodas were a major revenue for restaurants.

Bullying is something many people remember about school. Some consider it a part of growing up, but there can be serious health consequences, even into adulthood, according to a recent study done at Duke University. Airone Jones Sanders, a 9th grader at Southeast Raleigh High School, compares her middle school years to being in jail.

Offers a study about how deployment to combat zones increases the divorce rate. The longer and more often a military service member is deployed, the higher the risk of a divorce. Female military members are at a higher risk. Couples with children facing a lower risk of divorce.

recent study in 2013 by U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy with topics of effects it has on society.

In certain countries it can be difficult to study religions that are the minority. This article tackles that issue and the issues of finding a way to spread knowledge.

This article addresses free speech and censorship and how the two can not coexist. The article provides a case study on how individuals are affected vs not affected by censorship

This article addresses free speech and censorship and how the two can not coexist. The article provides a case study on how individuals are affected vs not affected by censorship

This article discusses how the United States is behind when it comes to providing paid maternity leave. The United States does not guarantee paid maternity leave.

I feel like every women should be guaranteed paid maternity leave. The government constantly wants us to re produce to keep the world going, so they should encourage women that they'll be fine with money and won't have to worry about missing work.

Maternity leave should be a MUST. Pregnancy is tough and the delivery is life changing. Mother's go through all different kinds of changes. It is unfair for a mother to have to go through these changes all while worrying about having to go to work and missing and wondering how her child might be doing.

The author, Dylan Matthews, introduces the idea of a universal basic income by explaining the details of the study done by the Roosevelt Institute. According to their research, universal basic income would permanently grow the economy by around 13 percent. The author then explained the various assumptions the researchers of this study had to make to predict how this policy would effect the economy. In the conclusion of his article, the author tells us that taxes would be raised to make this a viable option.

On the website it says, there is not a law that banes women from fighting on the front line of combat. From the Women's Research & Education Institute study, it gave the percentage of military jobs that are open for women.

In the years following 1993, gun violence has decreased. Surveys show that many Americans don't know that gun violence has actually dropped. Because of media on these crimes it makes people think that its getting worse.

This is about the proposal for a sweet tax, including studies and test run. Also the effects that sugar has on our body. In the end are also proposals for the taxes and how it will effect our economy and industry.

The bulk of this article is associated with a major medical study done on thousands of women that were candidates for the VBAC procedure. It gives the results for this study.

This article supports banning smoking in public places.  Studies show that there have been positive health and economic impacts where these bans have been implimented.

Interesting study of impact of technology

This article looks at the prejudice of the legal system toward men in child custody cases. Anti-father and pro-mother bias plays a part in a judge's decision to award full or partial custody. Gender bias is prevalent in our American Justice system, even when bound by a code of judicial obligations.

Wow this article was very interesting and kind of eye-opening to me, I guess I never fully realized (until now) that this is an issue! Thank you for sharing this!

I have thought this for a long time now. As women become more a part of the work force, more men are taking on the roles as the primary caregiver for children. because of this, I believe that the old stereotype that men are gone all the time and have no idea on how to be a caregiver is completely false.

This article talks about how standardized testing in the U.S. isn't getting the outcomes like they should be. It states that there are way too many required standardized testing while other countries require way less and outperform us in many years.