Stir in Argentina
Visit Rebecca Gomperts to Argentina sparks abortion debate.
On December 8, 2004, Rebecca Gomperts visited Argentina on the invitation of Noemi Oliveto of the party Selfdetermination & Freedom.
A wanted child
The Founder and director of Women on Waves, Rebecca Gomperts, gave birth to her daughter Abital on April 3 rd, 2005. Rebecca continues fighting for women's right to safe and legal abortion as she also did during the campaigns in Portugal and Argentina when she was already pregnant. Because all pregnancies should be wanted pregnancies and each child a wanted child.
Stir in Argentina
Visit Rebecca Gomperts to Argentina sparks abortion debate.
Rebecca Gomperts visited Argentina on the invitation of Noemi Oliveto of the party Selfdetermination & Freedom. The visit sparked a stir amid city lawmakers after a row in the hall of the Cultural center of San Martin in Buenos Aires, where she was speaking at a conference on December 10. Anti-abortion extremists tried to disturb the conference and were pushing and beating pro-choice activists. After a while the police had to intervene. Because of the clash, the director of the Cultural Center decided to cancel the rest of conference planned for the next day. But it should not be possible that a small group of anti-abortion rights protesters were able to prevent the human right to free expression and undermine a democratic debate about the consequences of illegal abortion in Argentina. Fortunately, an alternative accomodation was found and the conference could continue without further disturbances.