Sample Issue Pages
Policy | ||
Position: Broaden use of the death penalty for federal crimes. | ||
PRO | CON | |
The death penalty is the best deterrent against violent crime. | It is better to let a killer go free than to execute an innocent. The possibility of abuse of the death penalty | |
There are some crimes so heinous that the death penalty is the only appropriate punishement. | The United States overuses the death penalty and we are still the most violent nation on earth. |
Abortion - Issue #23a | ||
Position: Abortions should
always be legally available. | ||
PRO | CON | |
___ b) Abortions should be legal in all circumstances as long as the procedure is
completed within the first trimester of pregnancy.
___ c) Abortions should be legal only when the pregnancy resulted from incest or
rape or when the life of the woman is endangered..