Controversies

Abortion

• Abortion: Facts and Opinions
  ...data, trends, risks, etc.
  
• National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League(NARAL)
  ... site contains abortion policies, discussions on decisions about sexuality, contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, and abortion.
• National Right to Life Committee
  ...features comprehensive information on abortion, partial birth abortions, and euthanasia.

Alcohol

• Alcohol Information
• Alcohol and other drug information for teens
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
• Just One Night
  ...tragic experience should increase awareness of the consequences of drunk driving.
• The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

AIDS--HIV

• AIDS Education Global Information System(AEGIS)
  ... an awarding winning site where one can find the latest AIDS information with over 300,000 online documents.
• AIDS Action Committee(AAC)
  ...dedicated to AIDS & HIV education, treatment, support, client services and public advocacy.
• AIDS/HIV Issues
  ... a variety of text articles related to AIDS/HIV treatments, facts, government issues, needle exchange programs, drugs, and lots more.
• AidsLinksIndex--
  ... a comprehensive index to scientific and medical information about AIDS.
• The BODY Home Page
  ... a multimedia AIDS and HIV informational resource.
• Cells Alive!
  ... Quill Graphics presents viruses, bacteria, and parasites in video clips and/or GIF animations in order to explain their motions and to illustrate their adaptive modifications. Great videos of the HIV virus as it travels through a lymphocyte and how the body tries to defend itself.
• John Hopkins AIDS Service
  ... a database of information on medical management, guidelines to treatments, research, epidemiology, conferences, women's issues, and much more.
• National AIDS Treatments Advocacy Project(NATAP)
  ... contains up to the minute, comprehensive, in-depth HIV/AIDS treatment information including information from the latest HIV Conferences.

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Animal Experimentation

• Altweb
  ...explores options to using animals to test cosmetics, medication, etc.
• Animal Experimentation
  ...article from New Scientist Planet Science
• Animal Experimentation
  ...PETA Factsheet
• American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
• Caught in the Crossfire of the Animal Wars.
  ...article from New Scientist Planet Science
• Envirolinks Animal Rights Resource site
• Foundation for Biomedical Research
  ...check out "research facts" section and commonly asked questions.
• The History of Medical Progress:
  ...Why do we experiment on animals?
• Trends in Animal Research
  ...article from Scientific American

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Capital Punishment

• Death Penalty Information Center
  ... many resources on capital punishment such as current global news, public opinion surveys, and copies of reports on various death penalty issues.
• Death Penalty News & Updates
  ... provides statistics on executions in the US in well organized charts, also updates the use of the death penalty in the US.
• Frontline: Angel on Death Row
  ... presented by PBS, this site is about an actual case involving the death penalty. It also features a chronology of capital punishment in the US as well as statements for and against the death penalty by the Supreme Court Justices, other legal scholars, US Catholic Bishops, and Pope John Paul II.
• Inherent Racism of the Death Penalty
  ... the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund presents studies which support its position that the nature of the death penalty, throughout its history, has always been racist and bias.
• Summary of arguments for abolition of Capital Punishment
  ...from the Amnesty International
  
• US Death Penalty Law
  ... a collection of all of the important US statutory constitutional and case law relating to capital punishment.  (Cornell University)

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Cloning

• The Center For Bioethics
  ... features the latest cloning law and policy legislation from around the world.
• Cloning: Are Humans Next?
• GeneLetter
  ... a newsletter revealing current as well as past issues surrounding the world of genetics.
• Human Genetics
  ... historical information about genetic research as well as recent developments.
• Human Genome Project: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues
  ... expolores the ethics behind this momentous project
  
• Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics Home Page (National Institute of Genetics)
  ... the latest information in the world of genetic research.
• Missyplicity Project
  ...  project attempts to clone a dog. Find out more about the project, it's goals, it's progress, see pictures and more.
• Slouching Towards Creation: Peering in to the Face of Cloning.
  ...  a look at the procedure and ethics of cloning. Time Magazine.
  

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Crime

• Prison Activist Resource Center
  ... excellent source for progressive and radical information and resources on prisons and the criminal prosecution system.
• Smart Library on Crime
  ...drop down menues will lead you to info about factors, types, and policies on crime.
  

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Death & Dying

• DeathNet
  ... international archive specializing in all aspects of death and dying with a sincere respect for every point of view.
• Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Advanced Directives
  ... discussion about the kinds of control very ill patients have over their medical care by means of advanced directives, do-not-resuscitate orders, and durable powers of attorney for health care. Also included are basic instructions for preparing an advanced directive.
• The Natural Death Center
  ... a United Kingdom project providing support and information to people who wish to die at home and for those who care from them.

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Drug Abuse

• Action on Smoking and Health(ASH)
  ... a national organization devoted solely to the problems of smoking and to protecting nonsmokers' rights.
• Arguments Against Drug Legalization
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
• Drug Awareness for Teens
• HabitSmart
  ... site provides information about addictive behavior, theories of habit endurance and change as well as tips for effectively managing habitual behavior.
• Indiana Prevention Resource Center
  ...  very comprehensive resource for finding out all there is about drugs and drug prevention.
• Information on Other Drugs
  ... lesser known addictive drugs and what can done to stop them.
• National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
  ... this non-profit organization provides resources to raise awareness that tobacco use is a pediatric disease, to change public policies to limit the marketing and sales of tobacco to children, and to alter the environment in which tobacco use and policy decisions are made.
• National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Law
• Tobacco Information
  ...  all you want to know about tobacco.

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Euthanasia

• Euthanasia.Com
  ...a comprehensive information resource on euthanasia, physician assisted suicide, living wills, and mercy killings through medical articles, legal articles, facts, religious statements, organizations against euthanasia and ordinary people.
• Euthanasia World Directory
  ... a directory to a wealth of information on the euthanasia and surrounding issues.

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Gun Control

• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
  ... complete texts of the Gun Control Act, National Firearms Act, the Arms Export Control Act, and the regulations enacted to enforce these Acts.
• Federal Firearms Regulation Reference Guide
  
• The National Rifle Association of America
• The Second Amendment Controversy Explained
  ... provides unambiguous identification of the actual meaning of the "right of the people to keep and bear arms" through historical documentation, early court case law, Supreme Court case law, and a grammatical analysis of the Second Amendment itself.

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Human Rights

• American Civil Liberties Union
  ... specifically designed to learn about a variety of issues for the individual such as racial equality, women's rights, and the rights of immigrants.
• Civil Rights: A Status Report
  ... an in-depth look into the Civil Rights Movement and its resulting effect on society.

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Internet Legal Issues

• CDT Privacy Issues Page
  ... focuses on Internet-related privacy issues from the Center for Democracy & Technology.
• CyberLaw Encyclopedia
  ... a substantive directory of Computer and Internet law resources available on the web covering almost every topic caught in the web.
• The Electronic Frontier Foundation
  ... a non-profit organization attempting to protect privacy and free speech on the Internet.
• Harvard Journal of Law & Technology
• Internet Timeline
  ... PBS created a sidebar timeline of significant events which shaped the history and culture of the online community. Just slide the bar between 1960 and 1997 to discover what happened.

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Juvenile Justice

• Conditions of Confinement in Juvenile Detention
• Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse
  ... descriptions of juvenile justice programs nation wide.

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Prisons

• Federal Bureau Of Prisons
  ... quick facts, statistics, weekly population reports, inmate information, and more.
• Prison Activist Resource Center
  ... an excellent source for progressive and radical information and resources on prisons and the criminal prosecution system.
• The Prison Privatization Research Site
  ... pros and cons of the privatization of the prison system.

 

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