Alabama abortion ban: Republican state senate passes most restrictive law in US

Law bans abortion except if there is a ‘serious health risk’ to the mother, with no exceptions for rape and incestThese 25 Republicans – all white men – just voted to ban abortion in AlabamaAlabama’s Republican-controlled state senate has passed a near-total ban on abortion, making it a crime to perform the procedure at any stage of pregnancy. The abortion ban is the strictest in the US, and allows an exception only when the woman’s health is at serious risk.