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Read quotes from experts such as Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN (now pro), former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg (con), pain-management physician Pedro Oliveros (pro), registered nurse Mary Haag (con), and more than 50 others.

In 1978, 24% of respondents thought prostitution should be legal; in 2016 this number had risen to 49%. See our updated resource containing results from opinion polls and surveys on the topic of prostitution from 1978 to 2016.

Explore this topic with quotes from KPCC immigration reporter Leslie Berestein Rojas, the US Department of Homeland Security, and Wake Forest University law professor Margaret H. Taylor

Examine both sides of this debate with quotes from Attorney General Jeff Sessions (pro), the National League of Cities (con), Sheriff Mike Borkovich (pro), former Sheriff Steve Keane (con), FAIR (pro), and Professor Emeritus Doris Marie Provine (con).

View both sides of this topic with quotes from undocumented immigrant advocate Jose Antonio Vargas (pro), President Donald J. Trump (con), City Attorney of San Francisco Dennis Herrera (pro), US Representative John Culberson (con), former Assistant Secretary for Border, Immigration, and Trade Policy for the Department of Homeland Security Seth M. Stodder (pro) and the National Review Editorial Board (con).

– What do the top medical professionals in the federal government say about medical marijuana? Three former Surgeons General are pro (Satcher, Elders, and Steinfeld), one is con (Koop), and six, including current Surgeon General Jerome Adams, are neither pro nor con. You can read all their position statements in one handy guide.

See which vaccines the CDC recommends from birth through adulthood.

Examine updated pro and con quotes from former sex workers Gaye Dalton (Pro) and Rachel Moran (Con), retired police captain Marshall Frank (Pro), and police lieutenant Donna Gavin (Con), among many other experts.

Explore pro and con quotes on this controversial topic including from Professor of Law Sherry F. Colb, Executive Director of New Friends New Life Katie Perdigo (Con), crime analyst Wendy C. Garfinkle (Pro), and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (Con).

Consider both sides of this debate with quotes from the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (Pro), Assistant Professor at the University of Tampa Dr. Abigail R. Hall-Blanco (Con), Founder and CEO of the Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) Rachel Lloyd (Pro), and the Bureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings (Con), among many other experts and organizations.

Read our updated question with pro and con quotes from experts and organizations including Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof (Pro), journalist and Co-founder of Justice for Women Julie Bindel (Con), the International Committee for Prostitutes’ Rights (Pro), and former Co-Executive Director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) Janice Raymond (Con).

Read the main arguments in the debate over whether prostitution should be legal, with a look at issues including the morality of prostitution, human trafficking, health, and economics.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in 2017 that immigrants should get bond hearings after being detained for six months. Prior to the ruling, immigrants – both legal and undocumented – could be held in detention until their cases were resolved, no matter how long that took. The Supreme Court in its Feb. 2018 decision ruled that detained immigrants are not entitled to periodic bond hearings.

A federal appeals court ruled that federal civil rights law protects gay employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation.

We’ve added new quotes from President Donald Trump (Pro), Parkland shooting survivor Sam Zeif (Con), Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin (Pro), and psychology professors Christopher Ferguson and Patrick M. Markey (Con).