Alabama Senate bans nearly all abortions, including rape cases

The law, which passed 25-6, would take effect six months after being signed by the govern­or

• Desperate measures: Pakistani women seek abortions as birth control

  Only around 35 per cent of Pakistani women use any form of non-abortive birth control

• UN backs weakened resolution on sexual violence in conflicts

  Thirteen countries voted in favor while Russia and China abstained

• Abortion as birth control

  Women’s reproductive rights have been heavily neglected, and it is time the matter was taken to the courts