Medical Team flies back to the Netherlands Sunday, 12th of september

As planned, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, Dr. Gunilla Kleiverda, Gemma Pagano and the rest of our team will return home with flight TAP 662 at 18:00 hours from Lisboa Airport.

Women on Waves will be back later this year for the appeal court cases against the government of Portugual.

We will also be present at the two trials that are pending against portuguese women and nurses for illegal abortion.

We will continue to work with out Portuguese colleagues in their fight for legalising abortion in Portugual.

Our Misoprostol manual will stay on line and the Helpline (91 4477774) will remain active for all women that need advice.

The Misoprostol Manual, after 4 days of operation only, is the most visited page of our website.
During the past 20 days, our website www.womenonwaves.org had 2,5 million hits.

For the Press, there will be the possibility to meet the team at 16:30 hours at Lisboa Airport. Please call +351 91 4477770 for the exact location.