A generic version of mifepristone, a highly popular abortion medication, was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration Sep. 30, following an order from U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for a federal review of the pill.  

Speakers called for the swift passage of the Act to Remove Obstacles and Expand Abortion Access, or ROE Act, in Massachusetts. Behind them stood a wall of women dressed as Supreme Court justices, Lady Liberty and — most prominently — handmaids from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel and series “The Handmaid’s Tale.”