From the article:

Half of teen mothers say they were not using birth control when they got pregnant, and a new report outlines the reasons teens give for not doing so.

"Abortion does not increase a woman's chance of developing mental health problems, according to a British health agency's review of dozens of studies worldwide over 20 years."

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is considering whether it's OK for young teenagers to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription.

"Babies can distinguish painful stimuli as different from general touch from around 35 to 37 weeks gestation, just before an infant would normally be born," study researcher Lorenzo Fabrizi of University College London said in a statement.

"A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was dismissed Wednesday, allowing the U.S. to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over protests that the work relies on destroyed human embryos."

Racial gap narrowing as fewer blacks, Hispanics have kids

I was watching CNN earlier and saw a segment about drug addicts getting paid to be sterilized or be put on long term birth control. I think this is a good program and was wondering how others feel about this.

"Project Prevention, a North Carolina–based charity that gives drug addicts $300 if they go on long-term birth control or undergo sterilization. The aim of Barbara Harris, 57, the organization's controversial founder, is to prevent addicts from having children they can't care for and reduce the number of babies who are born exposed to drugs. "Even if their babies are fortunate enough not to have mental or physical disabilities, they're placed in the foster-care system and moved from home to home," she says. "What makes a woman's right to procreate more important than the right of a child to have a normal life?" It's an issue near and dear to Harris: she adopted four children born to the same crack-addicted woman in Los Angeles."

"Last week House lawmakers introduced HB 478, the Ohio Medical Compassion Act, which would allow state-authorized patients to possess and cultivate cannabis for therapeutic purposes.

This week, a statewide poll conducted by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati, found that 73 percent of Ohio adults favor the measure."

If you read the entire article you will see that POLITICAL COWARDICE will most likely win if we do not stand up for what we believe in. I see a lot of Pro-Marijuana people hear on the vine. I am sure there are others from Ohio. Instead of just complaining here online about the current law lets work to change them. Please, I urge you to contact your law makers and tell them to support this measure. If you have friends or family in Ohio let them know about this!

If you want, you can post your letter and/or your representatives reply in the comments so we can see where they stand on the issue.

Here is a recent newsvine poll about marijuana legalization. Go and vote!
http://jaker023.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/13/4152085-would-you-be-for-the-legalization-of-marijuana

Idaho is also considering new medical marijuana legislation! People of Idaho: Contact your officials!
http://www.boiseweekly.com/CityDesk/archives/2010/04/13/compassionate-conservative-has-medical-marijuana-on-his-mind

An article urging you to voice your support of ending marijuana prohibition on 4/20
http://wemustchange.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/19/4177065-dont-just-smoke-a-joint-on-420-take-action-against-marijuana-prohibition-

"I think for a lot of students right now, it's very hard to be confronted with the constant negative energy and constant fighting" that surrounds abortion, said Miller, who grew up in a southern Virginia city where antiabortion sentiment runs high. Just learning about the procedure at the state school in Richmond can be a challenge. Medical students who want training in the procedure usually must arrange an elective "externship" in Northern Virginia, she said.

Thirty-six years after it was legalized, abortion remains one of the most common procedures in American medicine -- and the most stigmatized. In 2005, 1.2 million abortions were performed, dwarfing the number of appendectomies (341,000), gallbladder removals (398,000) and hysterectomies (575,000). "There's this feeling it's dirty and should not be spoken about," said Miller. "It's hard to be brave and seek everything out yourself."