For most women, including women who want to have children, contraception is not an option; it is a basic health care necessity.

We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem.

We have record high temperatures and record high energy prices across the country, and we've seen the dangerous effects caused by extreme temperatures in the past.

Surely the Department of Defense can and needs to do a better job of training new and existing first responders to respond to sexual assaults occurring in the military.

We have a responsibility to promote stem cell research which could lead to treatments and cures for diseases affecting millions of Americans.

Our girls have learned that sweat is sexy, brawn is beautiful and a little dirt never hurt anyone.

That we have children coming into this world already polluted, at the same time we don't know what the effects of that pollution will be on their mental and physical development, is both bad policy and immorally wrong.