Statewide laws across New England restrict abortion access to varying degrees. We compiled a list of how each state stacks up on the biggest issues surrounding abortion.

Long before anyone thought of pulling on a pair of spandex shorts and hitting the gym, hundreds of people from Framingham volunteered to be part of a research project that changed our understanding of how to live a longer and healthier life.

A new documentary examines the women and men who gave care to patients whom others turned away.

Pro-choice advocates are pushing for changes on Beacon Hill that would ensure and expand access to abortion care as other states enact what amount to bans on the procedure.

So far in 2019, nine states have passed laws to outlaw abortion or forbid it past a certain point in pregnancy. None of these laws are in effect, and many are being litigated in the courts.

Patient safety takes priority over access to abortion, Missouri's health department director said Wednesday after a court hearing on an effort by the state's only abortion clinic to keep operating.

Research using fetal tissue that otherwise would be discarded has been funded by the government, under leadership of both political parties, for decades — and has led to life-saving advances including development of vaccines for rubella and rabies, and drugs for the HIV virus.

"The doctors said they hadn't seen this kind of positive result in their memory," the Jeopardy! host told People. "Some of the tumors have already shrunk by more than 50 percent."

Missouri's only abortion clinic could be closed by the end of the week because the state is threatening to not renew its license, Planned Parenthood officials said Tuesday.

State public health officials this weekend confirmed a second case of measles this year in Massachusetts, diagnosed Friday in a child from Greater Boston.