The bombshell report from POLITICO on a leaked draft opinion showing that the Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision is sending shockwaves across the Commonwealth.

“It’s going to be bad,” said Carrie Baker, a professor at Smith College who serves on the board of the Abortion rights fund of Western Massachusetts. Baker is among the reproductive rights advocates sounding the alarm over what overturning the landmark abortion rights decision could mean for Massachusetts, even though abortions will remain protected under state law. She told GBH News she expects the opinion will lead to a significant influx of people traveling to the state seeking abortions. 

“People are going to have to worry about being criminally prosecuted,” Baker added. “It’s going to be ugly.”

The news is also prompting outrage from state leaders. Here’s how lawmakers are responding:

“It's time for the millions who support the Constitution and abortion rights to stand up and make their voices heard,” Senator Elizabeth Warren tweeted. “We're not going back — not ever.”

Senator Ed Markey also took to Twitter after the news broke, calling for the expansion of the Supreme Court. “There is no other recourse,” he wrote. “We must expand the court.”

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley reiterated her calls to abolish the filibuster and secure abortion rights through Congress. “The Senate must act before it’s too late,” she said. “Abolish the filibuster. Pass the Women’s Health Protection Act.”

Several other members of the Mass. congressional delegation echoed that outrage early this morning, including Reps. Seth Moulton, Katherine Clark, Lori Trahan and Jim McGovern.

Listen live to GBH’s Morning Edition today to hear coverage of the report and what it could mean for Massachusetts.

Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne prides herself on leading an inclusive government — that is, bringing all residents to the table and making them feel heard.

“It can take a little bit longer because you’ve got all these divergent opinions at the table,” she told us in her office. “But you get better results and you get buy-in, and you get shared purpose.”

As part of our spotlight on new mayors in Massachusetts, we spoke with Ballantyne about her priorities for the city. They include affordable housing, making city hall a place where her constituents feel comfortable, and getting rid of Somerville’s most unwanted residents: rats.

Listen to our conversation here.

Massachusetts has loads of places with "ham" in their names. There's Dedham, Framingham, Stoneham and more than a dozen others. "There are 19 Massachusetts cities and towns that end in either 'ham' or 'mmm' — but that's 5% of our total number of cities and towns, so that's not insignificant," Edgar B. Herwick III from GBH’s Curiosity Desk told us.

But why are there so many?

Here's a hint: Every Massachusetts city and town with a "ham" in its name has a counterpart in England. Listen to our conversation to hear the full answer.

Riders love it… but they’ll only be able to love it for a few more days. The T is offering new ferry service from Long Wharf to Eastie during the Blue Line closure, which will continue until May 8. We asked the T’s Joe Pesaturo whether the transit agency would ever consider making the temporary ferry rides permanent.

His answer? “Not at this time.” His reasoning? The numbers just aren’t there. On its busiest day yet, ferry service gave roughly 1,300 riders a lift across the water – and that’s just a fraction of the nearly 40,000 people who take the Blue Line train each day.

Bummer. The news will come as a disappointment to everyone we talked to on a recent ferry ride – all of whom said they would support permanent ferry service, including Tatiana Vasquez. “There’s fresh air, unlike the T,” she said while basking in the ocean breeze along with her friend Jocelin Depaz.

Hear more from Tatiana, Jocelin and Joe in the latest installment of Spill The T, our weekly segment where we dish – with YOU – about the MBTA.

Listen to our conversation.

The first abolitionist newspaper in the United States is getting a new life. More than 200 years ago, The Emancipator was founded here in Boston. Today, the newspaper is being resurrected and reimagined in collaboration with the Boston Globe and Boston University's Center for Anti-Racist Research. We talked with the project's editors, Deborah Douglas and Amber Payne about why they decided to revive the paper now.