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April 22, 2015

Senate Reaches Deal on Trafficking Bill, Schedules Vote on Lynch 
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In the United States, Senate lawmakers have reached a deal on an
anti-abortion provision tucked into a human trafficking bill, paving the
way for a Thursday vote on the stalled confirmation of attorney general
nominee Loretta Lynch. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc Connell had
refused to proceed with the confirmation of Lynch — who would be
the first African-American woman attorney general — until after
the Senate passed the trafficking bill. But Democrats objected to a
provision they say would have expanded a ban on federal funding for
abortion by applying it to a victims' fund created by criminal fines.
The compromise separates the victims' fund into two streams: criminal
fines, which won't be used for healthcare, and health-related money
subject to the existing ban on federal abortion funding.

 

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