1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (439+ words) Beverly Beckham is a former Globe columnist and author of "Love Stories: 21 for 21." Years ago, when I was a young mother with three healthy children, I met a woman in a dressing room at South Shore Plaza who told me…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (541+ words) As if hosting a 2024 fund-raiser for now-Vice President JD Vance isn't enough to darken the hopes of any Republican seeking to unseat a Democratic governor in Massachusetts, Mike Minogue, the GOP's endorsed gubernatorial candidate, also describes himself as "pro-life" " in…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (276+ words) Mary Ziegler, a contributing writer to Globe Ideas, is a professor of law at the University of California, Davis, and the author of "Personhood: The New Civil War Over Reproduction." President Trump's recent missteps " picking fights with Pope Leo XIV…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (320+ words) The Boston Globe Supreme Court sides with anti-abortion center raising 1st Amendment fears about state investigation The high court's unanimous ruling is a procedural victory for First Choice Women's Resource Centers, which is challenging a New Jersey investigation of its practices....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (475+ words) The Trump administration said Thursday that it has launched investigations into 13 states that require state-regulated health insurance plans to cover abortion. The probes are the latest in a long-running dispute between the political parties on how to interpret a provision,…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (773+ words) In the years since the US Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, Massachusetts has emerged as a major national provider of abortion care, with new state data showing terminations using medication have more than doubled, and most patients receiving…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (334+ words) The Chicago-born pope was responding Tuesday to a range of geopolitical questions from reporters outside the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, including what kind of spiritual rights migrants in U. S. custody should have, U. S. military attacks on suspected drug traffickers off Venezuela…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (783+ words) Perhaps no one knows better than Elizabeth Carr, the first American baby born from in vitro fertilization, how fragile and fickle access to reproductive technology can be. She is a lifelong resident of Massachusetts, a state widely perceived to have…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (553+ words) Allegations that a school social worker scheduled and paid for student abortion care four years ago are "very likely untrue," Virginia's largest school district said in a report that suggests political motivations are behind the claim surfacing in election season....

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (382+ words) Follow live updates on the Trump administration. The new guidance will allow companies to offer fertility benefits separate from major medical insurance plans, like they do with dental and vision plans, Trump said. Trump said the drug will be available…...