The+Broken+Wrists

=The Broken Wrists=


 * __Human Trafficking__** - researched by Jake Najjar




 * 1) I am pursuing in researching about this topic, since it is an issue that I have never learned before. I think it would be interesting to see how this type of problem effects the world
 * 2) This type of issue occurs practically everywhere around the world. However, it is most common in European and Asian countries.
 * 3) There are many impacts on Human Trafficking. The impact is that people are kidnapped from their homes, never to see their families again. Many women are sold into illegal prostitution, while children are used for child labor in many different countries. According to the US Department of State, 27 million people are being trafficked and put into slavery in the present time.
 * 4) There are not many things in human trafficking that relate to human culture. However, they did make the movie "Taken" which is based on European traffickers taking American women into prostitution.
 * 5) To reduce trafficking among all the nations, an organization was created among the nations called the OSCE( Office of the Special Representative for Combating the Traffic of Human Beings). This organization is dedicated to training people to try to prevent trafficking. Although it is tough to fight, eventually trafficking will stop in the future.
 * 6) The United Nations made to protocols to fight against this issue. They include :
 * the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children
 * the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.
 * 1) The economic issue is very severe to many people across the world. By more immigrants illegally coming into different countries, it makes less jobs for the people who are actual citizens. This could cause poverty to many people across the world.
 * 2) I do envision a solution to this issue. To help minimize the issue every country has to be more committed into solving this problem. They should start by making stronger border protection, and train more officers on how to bust criminal traffickers. This can take many years and tons of dollars, which considering the country's economic situation, will not happen in the next few years.


 * __Population Control__** - researched by Robbie Levin


 * 1) Topic sentence - I am interested in researching this topic because I have heard of the Romans and modern-day Chinese doing such acts. Researching this topic will allow me to learn about it and share with my peers, and maybe even help the cause in some way.
 * 2) Specific regions - Modern-day regions in the world that practice population control are China, India, Iran, and the United States (three of these four countries are the top three most populous countries in the world). China's one-child policy discourages couples to have more than one child. Those that do get fined. However, this has caused forced abortions and forced sterilization. India only allows couples with two chidren or less to vote in elections for local governments. There is a slogan in India - "We two, ours two." It is intended to reinforce the message of population control. Iran is the only country that forces contraceptive courses for both men and women if they want to obtain a marriage liscence. The United States has a program called the Title X Family Planning, which provides access to contraceptive services, supplies, and information to those who need it (usually low-income families that can't afford having another child).
 * 3) Societal impacts - Supporters of population control: Thomas Malthus [he stated in the Essay on the Principle of Population that "population control needed to be implemented into society" (wikipedia)], Sir Francis Galton (stated in "Hereditary Improvement": "The unfit could become enemies to the State, if they continue to propagate."), Paul Ehrlich (stated in the //The Population Bomb// that "We must cut the cancer of population growth," and "if this was not done, there would only be one other solution, namely the 'death rate solution' in which we raise the death rate through war-famine-pestilence etc."), etc. The Roman Catholic Church is against population control. Pope Benedict XVI said, "The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty, actually constitutes the destruction of the poorest of all human beings."
 * 4) Impacts on human culture - Not many things relating to population control has impacted human culture.
 * 5) Scientific causes/potential cures/ramifications - Causes of population control are as follows: contraception, abstinence, abortion, emigration, decreasing immigration, famine, plague, and war. The only known cure is having babies.
 * 6) Local, regional, and global political aspects - The United States started the Title X Family Planning program in 1970, which provides contraceptive services, supplies, and information to those who need it, especially low-income families that can't afford having a child. On a global scale, China, India, and Iran also support population control (see 2)
 * 7) Economic impact - The cost of raising a child costs around $16,198, or $291,570 by the time the child is eighteen.
 * 8) Solution - A solution to population control is to have more babies. However, we shouldn't go overboard and have too many babies, because then we will reach over-population. I am pro-choice when it comes to abortion, but if I was a woman and I was pregnant, I would not abort the baby. However, it is the woman's choice. Killing and executing civilians is probably the wrong thing to do to prevent population control and the countries that kill to prevent over-population should probably see another way.