Grammy award-winning singer and keyboardist PJ Morton talks about his new album Watch the Sun, which is out now.

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Afghan women already face restricted access to jobs, travel and education. Also: for the first time the Northern Ireland election is won by a party which wants a united Ireland; and Ukraine says all women, children and the elderly have been evacuated from the besieged steelworks in Mariupol.

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, Russia prepares to celebrate Victory Day amid a stalemate in the battle for eastern Ukraine as the last civilians evacuate Mariupol plant. Then, the latest jobs report shows a year of solid growth, but inequality persists as the economy recovers from the pandemic. Plus, author and violinist Brendan Slocumb shares how the world of classical music inspired his writing. PBS NewsHour is supported by – https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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Earlier this week, a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court suggested that after nearly 50 years, the court intends to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

Almost as soon as abortions became legal, opponents began organizing efforts to repeal the law. Eighteen states now have so-called “trigger laws” that will ban abortions the moment that Roe v. Wade is overturned or pre-“Roe” era bans that remain on the books, ready once again, to fall into place.

We’ll look back at the longstanding efforts by legal, political and religious groups – on both sides of the debate – that have led to this moment. And we’ll discuss what comes next.

In participating regions, you’ll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what’s going on in your community.

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Audio in the podcast from Supreme Court arguments of Roe v. Wade was obtained from Oyez.org multimedia archive.

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