IT IS STILL NOT ONE WORLD

In Iraq, a Muslim country, abortion has long been illegal - and socially taboo - except in medical emergencies.

But since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's rule turned the established order on its head, Baghdad has witnessed an upsurge in promiscuity - and the emergence of a practice too risky to carry out under the former regime, with its network of spies. Abortion has become readily available...

Iraqi tradition dictates that a single woman who becomes pregnant brings great shame on the family, which can salvage its honour only by killing her and her lover.