Abortion boat escorted from Morocco

Police have escorted from Moroccan waters a small yacht carrying women’s rights activists claiming to be able to perform abortions on board, after anti-abortion protesters jeered them on land.

Abortion boat escorted from Morocco

Police have escorted from Moroccan waters a small yacht carrying women’s rights activists claiming to be able to perform abortions on board, after anti-abortion protesters jeered them on land.

The Dutch group Women On Waves sailed the boat around the harbour in the northern town of Smir with banners advertising an information hotline about abortion, which is illegal in most cases in the North African country.

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