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PeaceNikki

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5. Another must see is the story of "Women on Waves"
Sun Nov 29, 2015, 04:49 PM
Nov 2015
http://vesselthefilm.com/

Vessel begins with a young doctor who lived by the sea, and an unlikely idea. Rebecca Gomperts, horrified by the realities created by anti-abortion law around the world, felt compelled to challenge this. Her method: to provide abortions on a ship in offshore waters.

Her project, Women on Waves, begins as flawed spectacle, a media frenzy, faced with governmental, religious, and military blockades. But with each setback comes a more refined mission, until Rebecca has the revelation that she can use new technologies to bypass law – and train women to give themselves safe abortions using WHO-sanctioned protocols with pills.
We witness the creation of an underground network of emboldened, informed activists, working at the cutting edge of global reproductive rights, who trust women to handle abortion themselves. Vessel is Rebecca’s story: one of a woman who heard and answered a calling, and transformed a wildly improbable idea into a global movemet.

If I could sell my every possession and dedicate my life to helping those women, I would. Hell, someday I might.
Late term abortions [View all] uppityperson Nov 2015 OP
K&R Solly Mack Nov 2015 #1
I've always felt that the decision for/against abortion at any stage PatrickforO Nov 2015 #2
Kick, kick, kick! Heidi Nov 2015 #3
Trust women! PeaceNikki Nov 2015 #4
Another must see is the story of "Women on Waves" PeaceNikki Nov 2015 #5
K&R An excellent documentary. We saw it on Netflix streaming. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2015 #6
K&R Hiraeth Nov 2015 #7
KNR -- Trust Women! n/t Hepburn Nov 2015 #8
K&R Paka Nov 2015 #9
I have seen it and shared it around. Kath1 Nov 2015 #10
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