Guatemala authorities expel Dutch ‘abortion ship’
AFP-JIJI
Feb 27, 2017
GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemala has expelled a Dutch “abortion ship” carrying activists who had vowed to help women circumvent the country’s long-standing prohibition against terminating pregnancies, the army said Sunday.
Activists from the group Women on Waves had been guarded aboard their moored sailboat by a navy vessel, Saul Tobar, commander of Puerto Quetzal on Guatemala’s Pacific coast, told reporters.
“Notified of its expulsion from the country’s territorial waters for having failed to comply with immigration regulations” late Saturday, the crew requested permission to set sail, he said. The activists saw no patients.
Continued at source: Japan Times: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/27/world/guatemala-authorities-expel-dutch-abortion-ship/#.WLRPELqXDMg