All Aboard The Abortion Boat? The Cruise Ship Where Pregnancies Are Terminated.

Vitamin G, Glamour Magazine

I told you guys about a college student who threw a party to help fund her abortion, which many of you were outraged about. I wondered what you'd think about this cruise ship that offers women a place to terminate their pregnancies...

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Did you hear about the "abortion boat"? Rebecca Gomperts, a pro-choice physician in the Netherlands, is behind the ship that trolls the waters of countries that limit or outlaw abortion (including anti-abortion European countries, such as Portugal, Malta and Ireland) and distributes abortion pills to women seeking the termination of early pregnancies. (Note: No surgical/medical abortions have been performed on the boat, according to Gomperts; she only prescribes the abortion pill.)

Few women talk about such a serious health decision, but here eight women share their abortion stories.

But, a new Dutch law may force Gomperts to dock her ship. What she's doing, some say, could be illegal. But, according to reports, she's challenging the new law and is hoping to keep her operation sailing.

What do you think of this?

P.S. Here's a very sad story about a woman who chose to have an abortion in her second trimester.

Afraid to ask about the intimacies of abortions but too afraid to ask? Read about what women ask most about abortion.

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