Dutch ‘Abortion Ship’ Barred from Morocco Port
The Dutch ‘abortion ship’ was not allowed to dock on the Moroccan port of Smir. (Photo: womenonwaves.org)
A yacht that had docked in the port of Smir, in northern Morocco, was escorted out of the harbor by authorities.
The yacht’s private owners had rented it out to a Dutch abortions rights organization called “Women on Waves.”
Abortion is illegal in Morocco.
So the group intended to use the yacht to run an abortion information campaign, raising a banner with a hotline number women could call.
It’s run similar “stealth” operations in European countries from Poland to Portugal.
A local women’s rights group had invited “Women on Waves” to do the same in Morocco.
Rebecca Gomperts, the director of “Women on Waves,” says 300,000 women seek an abortion in Morocco every year.
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