Abortion- On August 3, the Senate rejected, 53-46, S. 1881, a bill to prohibit federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA).
Reproductive Health- On August 5, the Senate approved, by unanimous consent, S. Res. 228, a resolution designating September 2015 as “National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.”
Human Trafficking- On August 6, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing, “Review of the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report.”
Crime- On August 4, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing, “Oversight of the Bureau of Prisons: First-Hand Accounts of Challenges Facing the Federal Prison System.”
