Groups supporting the Campaign

By inviting of the Women on Waves ship, the Spanish organizations want to urge the Spanish government to:

  • Remove abortion from the penal code. Abortion is a regular medical procedure and must be legislated as such.
  • Abortion is a right. It should be guaranteed as a regular medical procedure and available in the public health system.
  • Guarantee access to abortion care until 24 weeks of pregnancy as is recently supported by a scientific committee of the English Government.[1]
  • Guarantee sexual education
  • Free access to different types of contraceptives and full financial reimbursement for abortion care as is also normal for other medical procedures.
  • Follow the recommendations of The World health Organisation (WHO) concerning medical abortions.[2]

ACAI (Association of Clinics Credited for the Interruption of the Pregnancy)
Amigas de Nicaragua
Asociación Aurora
Associació Catalana de Llevadores
Associació de Planificació Familiar de Catalunya i Balears (APFCIB)
BLOC
Ca Revolta
Casa de la Dona de València
Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir (CDD)
Clinica Deia de Valencia
Clinica Gine-Almeria, de Almeria
Clinica Ginemur de Murcia y Cartagena
Clinica Mediterranea Medica de Valencia y Castello
Clinica Tutor Medica de Barcelona
CNT de Alcoi
Col.lectiu Dones de Silla
Col.lectiu Feminista Victoria Sau de Xirivella
Comissió de Dones 8 de Març de València
Dona d'Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC)
Dona d'Esquerra Unida i Alternativa (EUiA)
Dones amb Iniciativa (ICV)
Dones Juristes
Dones de Negre, Castelló
Dones de Xirivella en acció
Espai Violeta de Xirivella
Esguerra Republicana PV
Esguerra Unida PV
Intersindical Valenciana
Lesbianbanda
Marxa Mundial de Dones València
Mujeres Jóvenes Las Moiras
Partit Feminista Valencia
PCPV
Plataforma a Favor del Dret a l'Avortament (PFDA)
Plataforma Feminista de València
Secretaría de la Dona CCOO-PV
Secretaría de la Mujer y la Igualdad de UGT-PV
Societat Catalana de Contracepció (SCC)
Tribunal Permanente de Crímenes contra la Mujer
Valencia Solidaria
Xarxa Feminista de la Plana

[1]www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmsctech/1045/104505.htm
[2]www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/medical_abortion/index.html

  • How can I do an abortion with pills?

    The best and safest way a woman can do an abortion herself until the 9th week of pregnancy is with the use of two medicines called Mifepristone (also known as the abortion pill, RU 486, Mifegyn, Mifeprex), and Misoprostol (also known as Cytotec, Arthrotec, Oxaprost , Cyprostol, Mibetec, Prostokos or Misotrol).
    A medical abortion done this way has a success rate of more than 97%. If you live in a country where there is no access to safe abortion services and you would like to obtain a medical abortion with Mifepristone and Misoprostol, please go to Women on Web. This is a online medical abortion help service that refers to a doctor who can provide you with a medical abortion.
    A woman can also do an abortion herself until the 9th week of pregnancy with only the use of Misoprostol.

  • october 16 th, 2008: 

    Wrestling on the water

    After the ship arrived, two small boats tried to pull it away from the quay. The women on shore took the other ropes and pulled as hard as they could. But unfortunately the engines of the small boat had more horsepower than the women.
    After a short struggle, the small boat withdrew and the Women on waves ship could dock again.
    Women's right to autonomy has triumphed!!

  • Diary: 

    Ecuador Diary

    June 14 th 2008, Women on Waves arrived in Ecuador. Here is a day by day account of the campaign, the action, the activists, the progress of the hotline, the reactions on the local level to this initiative and the personal impressions of the people involved.

  • 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

  • Abortion on our ship

    You can make an appointment with us by telephone, email or by visiting the ship. We will inform you about when and where to board the ship. You will be treated according to Dutch professional medical standards, which include full confidentiality about counselling and/or treatment. Here you can read more about counselling, the treatment and what to expect afterwards.

  • The Portuguese Diary

    In this day-to-day diary, read what happened during the Women on Waves campaign in Portugal.

  • Media Portugal

    The best way to get an impression of the discussion in Portuguese society is to look at the overwhealming press coverage. From august 23 on, we have collected more than 700 newspaper articles. Next to the continuous TV coverage on all channels public and commercial. It shows how our trip has helped to put legal abortion on the agenda again in Portugal.

  • BBC Correspondent

    Link More about the BBC documentary "Abortionship" from the Poland campaign]