Women on Waves | RH Reality Check

Does Facebook have an Anti-Choice Agenda? Censorship of Information on Misoprostol Raises Questions

January 2, 2012 - 10:03am (Print)

Facebook has deleted an image from the page of Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, a well-known abortion rights activist and the Director of Women on Waves – a charitable organization focused on women’s health and human rights. The image consisted of text instructions of how to safely induce an abortion using medication.

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Docked Forever? Women on Waves 'Abortion Boat' Is No More

by Amie Newman

July 27, 2009 - 9:10pm (Print)

The so-called "abortion ship", a floating campaign for the abortion pill in international waters, may be anchored forever with a change in Dutch law and a growing opposition, worldwide, to abortion.

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European Court Rules On Freedom of Expression in Portugal

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

March 4, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

The European Court of Human Rights recently ruled that Portugal had violated freedom of expression by prohibiting the ship Borndiep, which promoted the decriminalization of abortion, from entering Portuguese territorial waters.

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Safe Abortion Hotline Lauched in Anti-Choice Ecuador

by Marcy Bloom, GIRE

July 17, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

Women on Waves is now providing safe abortions off the coast of Ecuador, focusing attention on the reproductive justice activists fighting against a society that has strictly criminalized abortion.

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The Truth About Pro-Choicers

by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

June 23, 2008 - 8:52am (Print)

Amanda straightens out misconceptions about pro-choicers, celebrates Women on Waves, and interviews the editor for Sadie Magazine. Also: The money's still in women bashing women.

Follow Amanda Marcotte on Twitter, @amandamarcotte

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