11/5/2009 - UPDATED: Same-Sex Marriage Timeline: Maine becomes the 31st US state to reject same-sex marriage at the ballot box. It remains legal in five states (CT, IA, MA, NH, VT).
10/28/2009 - UPDATED: Should hate crime legislation include sexual orientation? - Today President Obama signed into law the first federal law that includes protection for victims of sexual orientation related hate crimes. Read pro and con arguments on whether such legislation should have been passed.
10/28/2009 - UPDATED: Top Ten Pros and Cons - Read the top arguments (10 Pro and 10 Con) about whether or not felons should be allowed to vote. The debate surrounds issues such as trusting a felon’s judgment, crime deterrence, racism, constitutional legality, and more.
11/4/2009 - UPDATED: On Nov. 3, 2009, 59% of voters in Maine approved a medical marijuana ballot measure that requires the state to establish a registry identification program, allows nonprofit dispensaries to operate, and increases the number of approved conditions for legal medical marijuana use.
10/30/2009 - UPDATED: "Should marijuana be rescheduled?" 
(45 KB) Read our five-page pro and con document about whether marijuana should be reclassified to Schedule II or III or lower, instead of its current classification in Schedule I with drugs like LSD and heroin.
10/29/2009 - UPDATED: Physicians' Views on Medical Marijuana - See 90 physicians’ views on whether or not marijuana should be a medical option. Our updated research shows that 54.4% of physicians cited on medicalmarijuana.procon.org are Pro medical marijuana, including Dr. John A. Benson, Jr., one of the authors of the 1999 Institute of Medicine report "Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base."
10/23/2009 - UPDATED: Is marijuana an effective treatment for reducing nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy?
10/19/2009 - NEW: US Department of Justice advises federal prosecutors not to target individuals with cancer or other serious illnesses in the 13 states where medical marijuana is legal. See the full memo, the pro and con opinions on the new policy, and related links.
11/5/2009 - UPDATED: Did You Know? – An estimated 1% of American women have worked as prostitutes. Selling non-coital sex acts is legal in Japan. The number of US prostitution-related arrests ranged from California's 14,506 to Vermont's three in 2004. Read these and other interesting little known facts in the legalizing prostitution debate.
11/4/2009 - NEW: Rhode Island Outlaws Indoor Prostitution, Closing Legal Loophole – Prostitution in Rhode Island became legal in 1980 due to a legal loophole in state laws. Nevada now remains the only US state with legal prostitution.
10/15/2009 - UPDATED: 100 Countries and Their Prostitution Policies - Of the 100 countries featured on our chart, 50 (50%) have legal prostitution, 10 (10%) have limited legality, and 40 (40%) have outlawed it. See their policies on prostitution, brothel ownership, and pimping.
11/6/2009 - UPDATED: Healthcare.procon.org references a new World Health Organization report showing that the United States ranked #1 in per capita health care expenditures ($6,719), #31 in life expectancy (78 year average lifespan), and #152 in infant mortality rate (6 deaths per 1,000 infants) out of 193 countries.
10/14/2009 - NEW ProCon.org Website! - Are social networking sites good for our society? - The popularity of social networking sites more than quadrupled from 2005 to 2009. Facebook has more than 300 million users worldwide, MySpace has about 130 million, and Twitter has an estimated 54 million. With the growth of social networking sites come concerns about threats to children's safety, lowered worker productivity, and potential security breaches. ProCon.org's newest website explores the pros and cons of whether social networking sites are good for our society.
