Goodbye

The ship's visit prompted talk-show discussions, parliamentary debate and, unsurprisingly, the condemnation from church and conservative political leaders. The columnists from the major national weeklies all wrote in their columns about Women on Waves and these columns were all, without exception, extremely positive and witty. During the three weeks of the campaign everyone talked about abortion, in the media, in parliament, on the street and in bars. The campaign was successful in breaking the taboo surrounding the issue. As long as the issue of unwanted pregnancies and abortions is cloaked in taboo, silence and shame, the laws will not change, nor will the problems of women with unwanted pregnancies go away. The last in-depth television report on the ship's visit ended with "The Ship Will Sail Away but the Problem for Polish Women Remains".