Senate Approves Bill Extending Jobless Aid

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The U.S. Senate approved a $138 billion measure that would extend unemployment benefits and provide additional aid to states in the second major effort this year by lawmakers to boost the economy.

Spanish Senate Approves Bill To Lift Some Abortion Restrictions

Monday, March 1st, 2010

The Spanish Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would ease Spain's strict restrictions on legal abortion and instead allow the procedure up to 14 weeks' gestation without restrictions and up to 22 weeks' gestation in limited cases, the AP/Yahoo News reports. The bill also permits 16- and 17-year-olds to ...

Ky. Senate Approves Bill Requiring Ultrasounds, In-Person Consultations Before Abortions

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

The Kentucky Senate on Monday voted 32-4 to approve a bill (SB 38) that would require physicians to show women an ultrasound and describe "the dimensions of the embryo or fetus and the presence of external members and internal organs, if present and viewable," the Louisville Courier-Journal reports (Gerth, Louisville ...