S1 E4: From The Sea, Freedom
The Outlaw Ocean
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The Story of Rebecca's Mission to High Seas
In Portugal at that time a medicine called arto-tech which contains myseprostol was available over the counter in most of the pharmacies but many people didn't know about it. We decided that we had to do something to counter this quite aggressive act from the Portuguese government. I will explain on the public television that women can actually go to the pharmacy to buy this medicine and how they can use it. The next days the hotlines were overwhelmed with phone calls by women who had seen the talk show run to the pharmacy bought a medicine and said and now what how do I use it? So it actually created a change in public opinion and two years later abortion was legalized in Portugal.
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