Spain, October 2008
Women on Waves has visited Spain from October 16 till 21 at the invitation of 33 Spanish organisations (please click here for list) concerned with a better abortion law.
If you need help with abortion in Spain now, click here
MS Women of the Year
Rebecca Gomperts, founder of Women on Waves received the "Women of the year 2001" award from MS. Magazine in the US for Hatching a heroic and ingenious plan to provide reproductive health services around the world.
Services offered by Women on Waves
- Information about and provision of contraceptives
- Information about and provision of emergency contraceptives
- Pregnancy testing
- Non-directive pregnancy counselling, aimed at making an optimal informed personal decision
- Medical abortions if your period is 16 days too late
- Counselling on sexually transmitted diseases
Website Colophon
Many helped us creating and maintaining this site. Here are a few of the names with apologies to the friends we forgot to mention...
Portugal 2004
The Women on Waves ship Borndiep stayed in international waters, 12 miles from Figueira da Foz a small holliday town in Portugal, from August 28 till September 9, 2004. The ship was being blocked to enter Portuguese national waters by two Portuguese war ships.