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"PSR 2013 Scholarship Essay Contest Finals" (88 minutes)

Last year's Scholarship Essay Contest, sponsored by the Sacramento Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility, was recorded by a Media Edge crew on April 28, 2013 at the Dante Club in Sacramento. The winning essays were chosen from entries submitted by greater Sacramento area high school students that reacted to this year's prompt, a position statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics in April 2000: "Firearm regulations, to include bans of handguns and assault weapons, are the most effective way to reduce firearm-related injuries." After the finalists read their essays, the authors of the top three essays earned $3,000, $2,500 and $2,000 scholarships, and the other seven each earned a $1,000 scholarship.

"When Abortion Was Illegal" (28 minutes)

This Academy Award-nominated film features compelling first person accounts which reveal the physical, legal, and emotional consequences during the era when abortion was a criminal act.

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Episode Number: 
468
Duration: 
1 hour 59 min
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Creative Commons License: 
AttributionNoncommercialNo Derivatives
Category: 
486
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DCTV Digital Library
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