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The doctor going to extremes to provide safe abortions
Manage episode 439592076 series 2902253
In the early 2000s, Dutch doctor Rebecca Gomperts was concerned for women who couldn't get access to legal and safe abortions.
So, she hired a boat, would legally dock in a country that banned or criminalised abortion, pick up local women in need, and then take them out to international waters to perform safe abortions on a ship. Now, Dr Gomperts is turning her attention to the US, mailing abortion pills to women who need them via a loophole in US law.
- Guest:Dr Rebecca Gomperts, founder of Aid Access and Women on Waves
- Producer:Ali Benton
262 afleveringen
Manage episode 439592076 series 2902253
In the early 2000s, Dutch doctor Rebecca Gomperts was concerned for women who couldn't get access to legal and safe abortions.
So, she hired a boat, would legally dock in a country that banned or criminalised abortion, pick up local women in need, and then take them out to international waters to perform safe abortions on a ship. Now, Dr Gomperts is turning her attention to the US, mailing abortion pills to women who need them via a loophole in US law.
- Guest:Dr Rebecca Gomperts, founder of Aid Access and Women on Waves
- Producer:Ali Benton
262 afleveringen
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