Abortion on board

Maltese overwhelmingly reject Dutch abortion ship - Gomperts press conference in Malta limited to invited media only...did not answer question asking if she had an abortion, by Hilary White from LifesiteNews in Canada:

..Gomperts told media that her particular aim was promoting the RU-486 “abortion tablets” that she claimed are safer than giving birth. “Many women do not know of the existence of medical [chemical] abortion and that's one of my goals in Malta, to make them aware that if they can obtain the medicine they can do it safely themselves in the first nine weeks,” she said. Dr. Gomperts claimed that “a small number” of Maltese women had contacted her privately to arrange abortions on her ship..

..Gomperts’ visit was organized by Dr. Emmy Bezzina, Malta’s most prominent abortion activist whose fringe political party, the Alpha Liberal Party, promotes abortion and divorce, positions strongly opposed by a majority of Maltese who remain strongly faithful to their Catholic religious heritage in the face of secularizing pressure..

Dr Gomperts, who has two children, dismissed the existence of post-abortion syndrome, and told the press that being a mother has only strengthened her support for abortion. Employing a long used abortion slogan familiar to pro-life advocates around the world, she said, “Every child has a right to be a wanted child.” She said that having children of her own has “made my conscience stronger about the immense importance of voluntary motherhood.”...Asked if she had ever had an abortion herself, the 41 year-old Dr. Gomperts’ hesitation surprised the Times reporter Ariadne Massa who called the response “unexpectedly punctuated by moments of silence”...