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In light of this new development, explore the pros and cons of sanctuary jurisdiction polices.

Maine’s ban on religious and philosophical vaccine exemptions was upheld by voters on Mar. 3, 2020 and will go into effect in Sep. 2021.

Virginia joins 19 other states and Washington, DC, in banning the practice.

The Democratic candidates would end the cash bail system that they say harms low income people of color, while President Trump would maintain the system because he says it keeps dangerous criminals off the street.

Germany’s highest court overturned a ban on organized assisted suicide that prevented doctors from assisting suicides professionally.

President Trump does not endorse a path to citizenship for the estimated 10.7 million undocumented immigrants who live in the United States. All six democratic candidates believe undocumented immigrants should be given a path to citizenship.

A federal appeals court ruled that a Florida law requiring former felons to pay off restitution, court fees, and fines before voting again violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.

Children under six years old were more likely to be obese if they had a bedtime after 9pm, according to a study published on Feb. 18, 2020 in Pediatrics.

In Jan. 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal net neutrality rules established under President Obama that required internet service providers to treat all internet traffic equally. Find out which 2020 presidential candidates are in favor of restoring net neutrality.

Discover which vaccines the CDC recommends for children from birth to age six, from age seven to 18 years old, and for adults.

President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement, which seeks to combat climate change, that President Obama had adopted by executive order. See what the 2020 presidential candidates have said on the question of whether the US should rejoin.

A Feb. 2020 poll by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky found that 90% of adults surveyed favor allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes with a doctor’s recommendation.

In 1953, there were 131 inmates on death row. In 2017, 2,703 prisoners were under sentence of death. Find how many prisoners were on death row, how many were executed, and how long they stayed on death row on average by year from 1953 to 2017.

With the Feb. 5, 2020 Senate vote, Donald Trump became the third president to be impeached and acquitted.

President Trump continues to raise and spend more campaign money than the Democratic candidates, representing 36.6% of funds raised and 25.4% of funds spent. See the most recent financials for Trump and the seven Democratic candidates covered by ProCon.org.