Between the long shadow cast by the economy and the excitement of the historic election of Barack Obama as the new president of the United States, there's one subject which has barely made it into the headlines. Among the ballot initiatives that were decided in the fifty states were three referenda which would have banned or restricted abortion. These measures, in South Dakota, Colorado, and California, were all defeated.
Seven in 10 Americans say that drugs are an "extremely serious" or "very serious" problem in the U.S., but majorities also say that the problem is not as serious where they live