Social Issues

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This handout image provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows convicted killer Tommy Lynn Sells, who is scheduled to die Thursday, April 3, 2014. On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, a federal appeals court threw out a ruling requiring the Texas prison system to disclose more information about where it gets lethal-injection drugs, reversing a judge who had halted the upcoming execution. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

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This photo taken March 29, 2014, and provided by Megan Sams shows Corbin, a Chihuahua-Dachshund mix while at the Animal Friends Humane Society in Hamilton, Ohio. Corbin disappeared from his home in Killeen, Texas, on March 25 and was found four days later tied to a bench outside an animal shelter in Hamilton. (AP Photo/Megan Sams)

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This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows Antione Lee. A federal judge has ordered Ohio to restore hormone treatment to transgender inmate Lee, who refers to herself as Whitney Lee, who sued after her treatments were stopped. A legal complaint says Lee experienced a medical setback and depression after prison officials abruptly stopped the treatment in February 2012. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections)

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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, left, answer questions about a series of initiatives aimed at improving New Mexico's child welfare system during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M. on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Looking on is Children, Youth and Families Secretary Yolanda Deines. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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In this image provided by Liberty University, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas., speaks in the Convocation Center at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Cruz said Wednesday that religious Americans have a duty to take a stand against policies, such as President Barack Obama's health care law, that could threaten their liberties. (AP Photo /Liberty University,Ty Hester)

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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., center, flanked by committee member Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., left, and the committee's ranking member Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., begins the markup of budget plan that would slash $5.1 trillion in federal spending over coming decade and promises to balance the government's books with wide-ranging cuts in programs like food stamps and government-paid health care for the poor and working class, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., center, presides over a markup session where House Republicans are crafting a budget-balancing plan that sharply cuts spending on transportation, health care programs for the middle class and the poor, food stamps and other domestic initiatives, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ryan is flanked by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., right, the committee's ranking member, and Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - In this July 12, 2013 file photo, opponents and supporters of abortion rights rally in the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas. An advocacy group filed another federal lawsuit Wednesday, April 2, 2014, challenging a new provision in Texas' tough restrictions on abortion. The Center for Reproductive Rights asked an Austin-based judge to block enforcement of key portions of the law, including some which have yet to take effect. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa, File)