Lady Gaga called the Alabama news a “travesty”, while Reese Witherspoon said the passing of laws restricting abortion in a number of states were an “attack on women’s fundamental rights” that could not be tolerated.

Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has unveiled a plan to fight back against states which put unnecessary regulations on abortion providers.

And now comedian and actor Leslie Jones has added her voice to those decrying Alabama’s abortion ban.

In a sketch on Saturday Night Live, Jones struck the perfect mix of comedy and anger as she described why men shouldn’t be able to control women’s bodies, and that the laws currently being enacted were part of a “war on women”.

Alabama abortion ban: Leslie Jones explains how laws are part of “war on women”