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June 25, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode

June 25, 2022 - PBS News Weekend full episode

How some states are moving to protect abortion access

7m 40s

As conservatives across the country celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision to end the nationwide right to abortion, Democratic leaders are quickly moving to make sure they ensure access to reproductive care where state laws and politics allow it. Geoff Bennett speaks with California Attorney General Rob Bonta about his state’s plan to preserve abortion access.

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  • Aid workers struggle to reach quake victims in Afghanistan: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Aid workers struggle to reach quake victims in Afghanistan

    S2022 E179 - 2m 53s

    More than eleven hundred people have died in the earthquake that devastated several regions of eastern Afghanistan. Ali Rogin reports on the challenges aid organizations are facing to make large deliveries of desperately-needed emergency supplies.

  • Congress extends school lunch program, but maybe too late: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Congress extends school lunch program, but maybe too late

    S2022 E179 - 3m 50s

    Congress voted Friday to extend the pandemic-era school meal waivers program, credited with providing millions of children access to free meals, narrowly averting a June deadline. Advocates say the delay in passing the extension has already jeopardized access to summer meals for nearly 7 million children. Geoff Bennett speaks with Wilfred Chan of the Guardian about the latest developments.

  • How some schools sidestep Title IX’s protections for women: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How some schools sidestep Title IX’s protections for women

    S2022 E179 - 6m 12s

    Title IX, the federal law that bars educational institutions from discriminating on the basis of sex turned 50 this week. But some top college sports programs are skirting the spirit, if not the letter, of the law. Ali Rogin speaks with USA Today reporter Rachel Axon who investigated how schools miscount female athletes.

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