Popular Questions http://askyourlawmaker.org/questions/popular/%2A/133/%2A/%2A a view of questions order by popularity en HHS is redefining abortion as any method which prevents or deters contraception as well as aborting a fetus. Considering the financial implication on social services, medical ramifications including STD’s, and population growth, what is your stand on this? http://askyourlawmaker.org/questions/hhs-redefining-abortion-any-method-which-prevents-or-deters-contraception-well-aborting--0 <p>Redefining abortion as any method of preventing conception as well as aborting a fetus has huge national ramifications. It helps to define sex as ONLY for procreation while takes no responsibility for the increased health costs and social service costs it will cause. It is a step to impose a strick moral defination on sex.</p> http://askyourlawmaker.org/questions/hhs-redefining-abortion-any-method-which-prevents-or-deters-contraception-well-aborting--0#comments birth control health &amp; human services social services working poor Civil Liberties Economy Education Ethics Health Taxes Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:04:07 -0500 Dreama 1528 at http://askyourlawmaker.org Given the fact that in the Spring (& now Winter) Primaries and Caucuses is the ONLY time we get have a say in who we want for US President (the General election in November is to vote for the Electoral College, not the candidate), When do you think the American Voters will Finally get to Vote for a U.S President? http://askyourlawmaker.org/questions/given-fact-spring-%28%2526amp%3B-now-winter%29-primaries-and-caucuses-only-time-we-get-have-say-who- http://askyourlawmaker.org/questions/given-fact-spring-%28%2526amp%3B-now-winter%29-primaries-and-caucuses-only-time-we-get-have-say-who-#comments voting rights Campaign 2008 Civil Liberties Homeland Security Money &amp; Politics Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:26:35 -0500 Lee Derr 1582 at http://askyourlawmaker.org If I go into a coma and am put on life support, with no living immediate family and no one with medical directive authority, who decides if I live or die? http://askyourlawmaker.org/questions/if-i-go-coma-and-am-put-life-support%2C-no-living-immediate-family-and-no-one-medical-direct <p>There was a homeless guy who ended up in the ER. He went into a coma and was put on life support. With no family, the state ended up liable for the cost of the life support. State laws did not allow for anyone to pull the plug, so to speak. I'm facing a similar dilemma. I have what is considered a rare disease, Actinomycosis, complicated by additional systemic infections that have resulted in a slow bleeding of my gastrointestinal tract. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://askyourlawmaker.org/questions/if-i-go-coma-and-am-put-life-support%2C-no-living-immediate-family-and-no-one-medical-direct">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> http://askyourlawmaker.org/questions/if-i-go-coma-and-am-put-life-support%2C-no-living-immediate-family-and-no-one-medical-direct#comments Conundrum Human Nature Legislation Repercussions State of Health Care Civil Liberties Economy Ethics Homeland Security Regulation Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:59:23 -0500 doctorblue 1617 at http://askyourlawmaker.org Discrimination of any type has never been accepted by the federal government. Why is it okay then to discriminate against citizens who smoke by not allowing them to pursue their freedom of choice anymore - anywhere? Why has it become so one-sided without exception? http://askyourlawmaker.org/questions/discrimination-any-type-has-never-been-accepted-federal-government.-why-it-okay-then-discr <p>It seems now that smokers have become the new "segregated" society except that we are without any desegregation effort on the part of the government.</p> http://askyourlawmaker.org/questions/discrimination-any-type-has-never-been-accepted-federal-government.-why-it-okay-then-discr#comments Civil Liberties Ethics Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:19:41 -0500 wildrose 1719 at http://askyourlawmaker.org