FILE PHOTO: Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Women's Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico in Santa Teresa, U.S., January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
Airs Friday, April 14, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings)
On this week's Washington Week:
- Abortion Access: The Biden administration seeks to take the fight over abortion pill access to the Supreme Court, after a week ofwhiplash in the legal battle over Mifepristone.
- Pressure to Resign: Absent from the Senate for more than a month due to health problems, 89-year old California Democrat Dianne Feinstein faces calls from some within her own party to resign, setting up a potential political fight with Republicans over temporarily filling her critical Judiciary Committee seat.
- Classified Leaks: Federal investigators close in on the person responsible for the damaging leak of hundreds of highly classified Pentagon documents related to the war in Ukraine.
Joining guest moderator Amna Nawaz to discuss this and more:
- Carl Hulse, Chief Washington Correspondent for The New York Times
- Leigh Ann Caldwell, Co-Author of The Washington Post’s ‘Early 202’ and Anchor for ‘Washington Post Live’
- Franco Ordoñez, White House Correspondent for NPR
- Sarah McCammon, National Correspondent for NPR
- Vivian Salama, National Security Reporter for The Wall Street Journal
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