and more on the debate on us abortion rights — we speak to the director of the white house gender policy councilhello, i'm helena humphrey. us secretary of state antony blinken met with chinese president xijinping on friday to discuss relations between the two global powers. the us's top diplomat said there is progress in some areas. he praised beijing for its efforts to stop the supply of fentanyl reaching the us and the restoration of military—to—military communication. president xi agreed the two sides had "made some positive progress" since he met his us counterpart, joe biden, in november. mr xi said the earth was �*big enough' for both countries to achieve development and prosperity. however, differences between the two countries still remain, including china's claims over taiwan and the south china sea, and china's support for russia in its war on ukraine. mr blinken sat down for an interview with the bbc. he said that washington will act if beijing does not stop supplying russia with items used in its assault on ukraine. our china correspondent laura bicker has more from beijing. hello.

and more on the debate on us abortion rights — we speak to the director of the white house gender policy council secretary of state antony blinken met with chinese president xijinping on friday to discuss relations between the two global powers. the us�*s top diplomat said there is progress in some areas. he praised beijing for its efforts to stop the supply of fentanyl reaching the us and the restoration of military—to—military communication. president xi agreed the two sides had "made some positive progress" since he met his us counterpart, joe biden,

earlier i spoke to the director of the white house gender policy council jennifer klein, also an assistantdent biden. joining me now is jennifer klein, the assistant to the president and director of white house gender policy counsel. a very warm welcome, jennifer, thank you for being with us. when we think about abortion in the u.s. we often talk about what's next. we continue to see a lot of changes, including through the courts. since roe v. wade was overturned, where are women right now in this country, in this post roe era? >> that's the right question. what happened when the supreme court in the u.s. overturn roe v. wade and the dobbs decision more than two years ago, women lost their reproductive freedom. women lost the right to choose across the country. now we are in a situation where there are 21 states with extreme abortion bands in place meaning when -- one in three women of reproductive age in the country are living in a state with a restrictive ban. >> let's talk about the reality on the ground. what exactly that means. we have seen women turned away from emergency rooms. we h

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