August Content Updates from Facts On File News Services for the Issues and Controversies Database
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Issues and Controversies |
Recently Featured Controversies
- Abortion:
While many people consider access to abortions to be a basic right,
others consider the termination of a pregnancy equivalent to the murder
of a child. Should abortion be legal and accessible, or should access to
the procedure be restricted? [
More on Reproductive Rights]
- Crowdfunding and the 2012 JOBS Act:
Should the government regulate who is able to invest in start-up
companies? Will the 2012 JOBS Act, which allows nonprofessional
investors to take such risks, help spur innovation and create jobs, or
will it merely allow unscrupulous companies to take advantage of
untrained investors? [
More on Business and the Economy]
- Medical Testing Guidelines:
Many experts in the medical community believe that too many tests are
conducted by doctors and hospitals. Are these tests wasteful procedures
that can cause more trouble for patients than they prevent, or is it
best to err on the side of caution if there is even the slimmest chance
that a medical test can save lives?
[More on Medicine and Health Care]
- Strip Searches
: The Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that routine
strip searches in prisons and other detention facilities are not a
violation of prisoners' constitutional rights. Are strip searches a
viable method to prevent prisoners from smuggling contraband into jails,
or are they a humiliating and unnecessary procedure that violates
peoples' basic civil rights? [
More on Constitutional Rights]
Cartoon of the Month
- Federal Transportation Infrastructure Spending: Our Crumbling Infrastructure
[ More Editorial Cartoons with Questions]
News Follow-Ups
- Video Games and Violence Follow-Up: Supreme Court Strikes Down California's Ban on Violent Video Games
- Executive Privilege Follow-Up: Obama Invokes Executive Privilege for First Time in Response to Congressional Inquiry
- Sentencing Juveniles to Life Without Parole Follow-Up: Supreme Court Curbs Juvenile Life-Without-Parole Terms; Strikes Down Mandatory Sentencing