March is Women’s History Month, and the City of Boston is holding events to commemorate women’s achievements and advocate for greater female empowerment in the city. Officials and activists emphasized many steps still need to be taken to achieve full gender equality in the city.

Across the country and Massachusetts, reproductive rights groups are advocating for increased protections for abortion access.

Massachusetts House legislators sanctioned a bill Wednesday that guarantees residents access to free birth control in the state and protects them from changes to the same federal law. The bill guarantees...