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Women on Waves - Fighting for the Right of Abortion

translation | 26.06.2003 23:00 | Gender | Health | Repression | World

The ship from "Women on Waves" (WOW, polish: Kobiety na Falach), arrived the 22nd of june in the harbour of Wladyslawowo. Polish women organisations celebrated the arrival of the floating abortion clinic. Beforehand the landing of the ship was prevented by the authorities.
At the same time abortion enemies attacked the ship with eggs, bottles and stones. The authorities have searched the ship and sealed all drugs.

warsaw - women on waves
warsaw - women on waves


"Women on Waves"-
report from imc Germany, 26.06.2003
 http://germany.indymedia.org/2003/06/55996.shtml



The ship should have been stationed from the 20th of june to the 5th of july in the coastal city. Today, 26th of june, it was planned to leave back into international waters. The ship was fined 12000 polish zloty.

The strict anti-abortion law is in existence for 10 years now. Every year about 80 000 - 200000 illegal abortions are carried out in Poland. The ban is affecting particularly poor women, who can not afford the expensive procedure. Doctors and nurses are threatened with up to three years in prison. Less than 140 legal abortions were taking place in 2002 in Poland, it is expected it would be more than 180 000, if the procedure would be available in general.


The concept of the ship sailing under Dutch flag, is that there is a secure and legal alterantive for women on international waters.

Every 5 minutes a woman dies because of an illegal, unsecure abortion in this world.

The ship with its mobile abortion clinic sails to countries in which abortions are prohibited, on invitation of the local women's organisations, e.g. Komitet Ster in Poland. So the abortions can be carried out professionally and medically securely. Thereby the women should be given the opportunity to take controll and use their rights self-determined.



 http://www.WomenOnWaves.org

Englisch:  http://poland.indymedia.org/en/2003/06/1995.shtml
Poland acts against abortion ship:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3017164.stm
Polish:  http://poland.indymedia.org/pl/2003/06/2027.shtml
report about the state controll of WoW:  http://poland.indymedia.org/pl/2003/06/2001.shtml
 http://poland.indymedia.org/pl/2003/06/1999.shtml
 http://www.aborcja.net/wow.html
Petition:  http://www.oska.org.pl/english/womeninpoland/wow.html
FMUP:  http://www.fmup.org.pl/?s=pokaz_akcje&k=62

Dutch:  http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2003/06/12581.shtml
 http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2003/06/12551.shtml

Zur Abtreibungssituation in Polen - aktuell: WomenOnWaves Schiff:  http://de.indymedia.org/2003/06/ 55777.shtml

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about the general situation of abortions in Poland

05.07.2003 10:04

"i would like to write you about current fucked situation in poland. our fuckin country has very restrictful law in case of abortion. it is totally illegal, and if you have one you can go to prison for even 3 years. also all people who are acused of helping with it may go to prison. polish law says that in very difficult situations, like after rape or when woman's life is in danger woman can have an abortion, but it's only written down. in fact doctors usualy make it harder or longer, so that after some time its to late and women have to give birth. illegal abortions have place here about 80000-200000times per year. they are dangerous, descreet, illegal, made in awful conditions and for big money (about 3000 zl which is 1000 E). some women just cant afford it, so they have to give birth against their own will.
poland is a catholic country, almost 90% declare themselves as catholics, also almost all left and right politics are on the church side. the church's opinion is here even stronger than presidents (who is left, used to be very liberal, but now when church has supported polish acces to UE he will lick their ass!)
also there are a few almost "fundamental" groups, parties like LPR (ligue of polish families) or MW ( all-polish youth). they are totally fascists church loving jerks. they declare that they will defend polish unborn children.

yesterday the ship belinging to woman on waves was to get into polish portin wladyslawowo. unfortunately, the weather was bad and they couldn't manage it. someone offered them to get into the port in gdynia, but when they did, the people from LPR and MW attacked them from the shore, by throwing objects on them,. they went back to the sea. polish federation for woman and family planning, which organized woman on waves coming here has been harrased from several weeks by different groups of church and rights. they informed public procesor's office and police about the crime that "may have place " on the ship. they even tried to make police to confiscate the pills ru 486.
they make the atmosphere of fear, harrasement and danger. those people can do anything to save those"unborn children", and woman are really afraid to get help from woman on waves.the action would go around polsih law. but they are eager to do everything not to let this happen. i know a few women who wanted to go to the WOW ship in wladyslawow, but they resigned,they are afraid of police, LPR andMW, who may really hurt them...
other danger is that boatswains of the polish ports may do everything not to let the ship get into ANY polish port!!! not only because of the storm on the sea but also-again!fuck!- to save the zygotes! this will be total scandal but as polish medias are also dominated by church propaganda noone will write about it that way. we want to show the world the hypocrisy of polish gowernment, who calls themselves as democratic, but can not keep the most important human rights, also agree and even support the danger that can touch every woman.

the ship hasn't swim into the port yet. we don't know when will it happen. we even dont know IF it will happen. we want to make this situation seen all over the worls. we want to make political scandal of it. please send this mail to all of your friends, let as many people know about it as possible. if you can, send it also to tv, magazines, newspapers in you country, region. if they wanted to contact with polish organizators, this is the adress:

 http://www.federa.org.pl/
 http://www.womenonwaves.org/index_eng.html
 http://www.womenonwaves.org/index_pol.html

please, help us get our fundamental rights back!!!!!!!!!!"

 http://www.womenonwaves.org/index_eng.html

more up to date infos and pictures in english on IMC Netherlands:
 http://www.indymedia.nl/en/2003/06/12512.shtml

fwd


why?

10.05.2004 19:20

How do you justify to yourself that the ending of a healthy unborn human life is acceptable? a baby starts it's life in the womb because it is too vulnerable to be in the outside world. it's meant to be a place of comfort, not a hidden chamber for its slaughter.

lindsey stephens
mail e-mail: yo.ghostie@btopenworld.com


Stupid women can't even use birth control properly

11.02.2006 00:15

Isn't it interesting how all the pro-death women (and notice it's mainly WOMEN), can't seem to explain why so many women are getting pregnant by 'accident', all the time.
You would be forgiven for thinking that women are somehow incredibly retarded, and unable to remember to take one pill, once a day, or even - heaven forbid - actually finding a man who can maintain an erection with a condom on, and who they actually LOVE enough to want to spend the rest of their lives with, if they 'accidentally' get pregnant.

So come on pro-death women - please explain to us all why so many of you keep on getting pregnant 'by accident', year upon year - but strangely enough, ALL of you manage to work out how to use birth control properly after you've had about three or four children. PROVING that the original 'accidents' weren't accidents at all - otherwise there would be a large percentage of women having ten or more children 'by accident', right?

Because those wretched pills are just SOOO difficult to remember to take, right?


Really, this whole issue is about pathetic women's desparate attempts to get a man. You'll open your legs to any low life scumbag, anything as long as you don't have to be - shock horror - SINGLE!

I mean - who cares if the most beautiful and innocent beings in the world are brutally cut up while in their own mothers' wombs, as long as YOU get to 'get a so-called 'man'', right?

So far, not one single pro-death woman has even responded to my arguments above.

Any of you care to have a go?

Tom Sawyer