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Monday June 23, 2003
Abortion Ship Pelted With Eggs and Paint and Searched by Polish Customs Officers
Bishop described the boat crew's objective as "killing Poles."
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WLADYSLAWOWO, June 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Dutch abortion ship, the brain child of abortion-activist Rebecca Gomperts, was to dock in Poland Saturday but was kept offshore by a storm. When the ship arrived Sunday it was met with a hail of eggs, red paint and shouts condemning the abortionists aboard as "murderers" and "Gestapo". Polish customs officials searched the boat looking for abortion pills which are illegal in Poland.
The large demonstration of some 200 people, which included All-Poland Youth and Catholic League of Polish Families, dwarfed the few people who applauded the ship's arrival. Catholic Church leaders were adamantly opposed to the ship's entry into Poland. "We must not let criminals enter our territorial waters and perform crimes on our children," the Archbishop of Gdansk, Tadeusz Goclowski, said during a Mass on Thursday. He described the boat crew's objective as "killing Poles."
A search by customs officials found the ship did indeed contain the illegal abortion drugs. However, government spokesman Malgorzata Wilkosz-Sliwa, said "If no-one tries to distribute [the pills], then there is no crime."
See related LifeSite coverage:
ANTI-CATHOLIC GROUP AND THE "SEA CHANGE" OFFSHORE ABORTION CAMPAIGN
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/may/00052401.html
DUTCH OFFICIALLY APPROVE FLOATING ABORTUARY
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/jul/02070208.html
See the News24 coverage:
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1376910,00.html
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