Dutch abortion ship heads for Morocco

[BlueStateSaint]

I can't wait to see what reception this tub gets.

Dutch abortion ship heads for Morocco

01 October 2012 - 16H17   

AFP - A Dutch "abortion boat" has set sail for Morocco, its first trip to a Muslim country, to provide abortions to women who are exposed to grave health risks if treated domestically, its organiser said on Monday.
 
"The ship is on its way. We can't yet disclose the place and time of arrival... We expect it to stay for up to a week." Rebecca Gomperts, the founder of the Dutch non-profit organisation Women on Waves, told AFP by phone.
 
The group says that, according to figures published by the Moroccan government, between 600 and 800 abortions take place every day in the north African kingdom, where the procedure is illegal and taboo.
 
"The problem is that only about 200 cases are done properly, by women who have money," the Dutch abortion doctor said, with the rest resorting to dangerous methods because they are unable to afford the expensive treatment.
 
This leads to the deaths of 78 Moroccan women each year on average, Gomperts claimed, citing statistics provided by the World Health Organisation.

The rest is here:  http://www.france24.com/en/20121001-dutch-abortion-ship-heads-morocco

I can't see the ship being allowed to dock, if abortion is illegal there.  This should be interesting.

[jtyangel]

Sick bastards. A boat to perform abortions? Ugh

[DumbAss Tanker]

I wouldn't give fifty cents for the chances of any of the smug Eurotrash on that ship, if they set foot ashore.

[LC EFA]

I wouldn't give fifty cents for the chances of any of the smug Eurotrash on that ship, if they set foot ashore.

I'd pay to watch that show.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I'd pay to watch that show.

GMTA.

 

[BlueStateSaint]

Well, we got our reaction . . .

Morocco denies entry to Dutch "abortion ship"

By Souhail Karam

RABAT | Thu Oct 4, 2012 10:39am EDT

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco blocked a Dutch "abortion ship" from entering one of its harbours on Thursday during a campaign group's first attempt to visit to a Muslim country to raise awareness about safe methods of abortion.

The Women on Waves ship, which already has visited traditionally Roman Catholic countries Spain, Portugal and Ireland at the invitation of local women's groups, had planned to arrive at Smir, northern Morocco, but was denied entry.

"The harbor is totally blocked by warships so no one can get in, and there are a lot of police here," said Marlies Schellekens, a doctor from Women on Waves who had gone on shore.

"We're now working on an emergency plan but we have opened up our hotline so women can call for information about the abortion pill."

The group, which was invited to Morocco by rights group Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms (MALI), wants to spread awareness on land about the use of pills for a medical abortion and said it would carry out abortions aboard the ship in international waters.

Sucks to be on that ship, eh?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/04/us-abortion-morocco-dutch-idUSBRE8930WJ20121004

[DefiantSix]

Well, we got our reaction . . .

Morocco denies entry to Dutch "abortion ship"

By Souhail Karam

RABAT | Thu Oct 4, 2012 10:39am EDT

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco blocked a Dutch "abortion ship" from entering one of its harbours on Thursday during a campaign group's first attempt to visit to a Muslim country to raise awareness about safe methods of abortion.

The Women on Waves ship, which already has visited traditionally Roman Catholic countries Spain, Portugal and Ireland at the invitation of local women's groups, had planned to arrive at Smir, northern Morocco, but was denied entry.

"The harbor is totally blocked by warships so no one can get in, and there are a lot of police here," said Marlies Schellekens, a doctor from Women on Waves who had gone on shore.

"We're now working on an emergency plan but we have opened up our hotline so women can call for information about the abortion pill."

The group, which was invited to Morocco by rights group Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms (MALI), wants to spread awareness on land about the use of pills for a medical abortion and said it would carry out abortions aboard the ship in international waters.

Sucks to be on that ship, eh?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/04/us-abortion-morocco-dutch-idUSBRE8930WJ20121004

Damn, there goes liberty call.