New laws targeting abortion are set to take effect Friday in about one-fifth of the states, initiating another wave of restrictions just days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas measure that led several clinics to close.
Some of the laws limit when and how the procedure can be performed. Others restrict what can be done with tissue from aborted fetuses. Still others seek to block abortion providers from getting government funding.
BOSTON — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh expressed concern Wednesday after the second top member of his administration was arrested on charges that he extorted a music festival, pressuring it to hire union workers.
On Tuesday a federal grand jury indicted Tim Sullivan, Boston's chief of staff for intergovernmental relations and senior advisor for external relations, and the 36-year-old Dorchester resident was arrested Wednesday morning, according to federal prosecutors. He is due in federal court at 2:30 p.m.
