Dutch Nonprofit Group Offers Free Abortion Services To Spanish Women Aboard Boat

ABC News: Dutch 'Abortion Boat' Docks in Spain, by Christine Brouwer:

A Dutch nonprofit organization is offering Spanish women free abortions on a boat anchored in international waters off Spain's coast.

The boat, operated by the abortion-rights group Women on Waves, arrived at the port of Valencia Thursday and began carrying out its first abortion procedures today.

Women who are less than 6½ weeks pregnant can board the boat, where they will be provided with free abortion pills under the supervision of a licensed gynecologist, said Rebecca Gomperts, Women on Waves' founder and director.

No surgery will be performed on the yacht.