Tonight on PBS News Weekend, three years after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade,

a decades-old grassroots movement is exploring new ways to circumvent state laws restricting or banning access to abortions.

Then a former head of the FDA on his new book, exploring the risks, rewards, and science

behind weight loss drugs.

And the life story of opera singer Pretty Yende considered one of her generation's most accomplished

and charismatic sopranos.

I always say that my journey is extraordinary in a sense that it's opportunity that

met time and a gift.

A Good evening. I'm John Yang.

Since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to seek an abortion three years ago this past week, 20 states have banned or restricted access to the procedure.

Despite those hurdles, though, women are still finding roots to terminating pregnancies.

Currently, medication accounts for about two-thirds of abortions.

How one of those pills fueled grassroots movements that helped change laws across Latin America

is explored in The Network, a new three-part podcast from NPR and Futuro Media.

Women stopped dying.

We just started hearing that patients were taking some pills.

You can have a safe abortion, and you can do it at home.

This is the story of that discovery.

But more than that, it's the story of the women behind it.

Ali Rogan spoke with podcast co-host Martina

and Victoria Estrada, who are journalists at Latino USA,

which is heard on NPR stations.

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