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D. Barbara Boxer, a Senator from California, is part of a growing contingent of lawmakers that are bringing legislation forward regarding the need for labeling of GM food and ingredients. She believes that we should join a growing number of nations throughout the world that are supporting or have supported similar legislation.

This article is about the first time we stood up for our genes and fought for our rights to our own DNA

This article describes how the government has passed laws that attempt to control behavior and free will. The soda ban is an example of one such law.

McCain talks a little about repealing health care reform. Interesting topic to consider for a research project.

This article is about legalizing marijuana. It gives supports from both sides of the argument, both very interesting.

A number of movements to legalize the use of marijuana have been gaining steam lately. There are places in California where it's already legal for medicinal purposes. Much of the American public now believes that the drug should be legalized (40 percent according to a Rasmussen International Poll) but others are still concerned about health damage and other adverse affects.

A proposal to ban circumcision will be on the San Francisco electoral ballot come November. Circumcision is a religious practice amongst Jews and Muslims making it a violation of the First Amendment.

This research presents a new twist in the argument over global warming and how we are responsible for the predicament that we are in today, as one international community. I believe that we need to start becoming more independent on our resources and need to reduce drastically on our outsourcing alternative fuel that we don't have, to use.

This article talks about the three steps of possible repercaucions on getting a dui. Throughout reading this article i personally think drinking and driving is iresponcible and i do not condone it. If you make that decision you should not be allowed to drink, I believe if you get a dui, there can be mistakes or mess ups. But if you get a second dui you should not be allowed to drive, becasue you clearly can't make the right decisions, period.

This is article is the comparison between senoir drivers behind the wheel and teenagers ability to drive safer. Nothing compares to a 17 year old boy flooring it to boost his adrenaline and ego, while on the other have the senior can only see a inside dash, a sky and a paved road with moving object all round them. Trying to keep up with these red break lights, with praymantis like reflexes. I think that too many teenagers are not responcible enough to drive and and their are alot of senoirs that are not physically healthly enough to drive.

Oregon's Death With Dignity Law allows people who are terminally ill to chose their own fate. Oregon is the first law to allow this act, and so far only 525 people have chosen the death with dignity act since it got passed in 1997.

Only 37% of raped women who apply for Medicaid funded abortions get the money. It is believed that rape exceptions are there to relieve anti-choice consciences more than they are there to make sure women in need get abortions.

Police raided a Michigan Marijuana dispensaries on suspicions of not following the state guidelines. Protesters stated to gather at the dispensaries claiming that there are sick people who need their medicine. Texas state law does not allow people to sell pot to each other even though over 99,000 people have a state issued medical marijuana card.

California prop. 215 was passed in 1996, by a 56% vote, legalizing medicinal marijuana. Now, some dispensaries in California are being shut down by the cities they are operating in. Attorneys in the case fighting for the dispensary owners are saying, "cities have the right to regulate... but they do not have the right to ban what the voters said is legal."

The University of Kentucky has recently become a smoke free campus. Campus monitors not only patrol the grounds for bad behavior but now looks for smokers. Monitors will ask the individual to put the cigarette out and provide a flyer on quitting.

Wow. That's awesome, although I'm sure that would be hard to monitor. UK is a big campus. Good for them for trying.

Few states have passed the law that terminally ill individuals can choose to end their lives with a lethal medication. Montana ruled that doctors cannot be prosecuted in assisting of one's death but cannot guarantee it's a constitutional right.

Gender reassignment can only happen when certain criteria are met. The individuals seeking reassignment surgery must be recommended by more than one health care professional. A person seeking such a medical procedure are usually classified as having transsexualism.

This site discusses the fact that people who speak on cell phones, even those that are hands-free, are still as impaired while driving as those who have a blood alcohol level of .08, the legal limit for drunkenness. It shows that those who talk while driving may be just as responsible for putting lives at risk as those who drive drunk.

This website is based on studies from psychologists from the university of Utah. She belives using a cell phone while driving is just as bad as drinking and driving.

An obese person has accumulated so much body fat that it might have a negative effect on their health. If a person's bodyweight is at least 20% higher than it should be, he or she is considered obese. If your Body Mass Index (BMI) is between 25 and 29.9 you are considered overweight.

S. Utah health facilities are going tobacco-free St. George Daily Spectrum - Jul 4, 2011 If you've visited a hospital in Southern Utah recently, you've probably seen the signs: all facilities in Intermountain's southwest region are going tobacco-free today. The initiative includes all forms of tobacco and is in effect in all Intermountain ...

This study details the Medically Assisted Procreation regulations in thirty-five nation-states, and explores the influence of national identity, social cultural and demographic differences on these regulations. Detailed data were gathered from ministries of health, offices of prime ministers, embassy staff, and others on regulations for each nation.