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Wed, March 22, 2023 | 06:43
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"Abortion drone" heads to Poland
"낙태 무인비행기" 폴란드로 곧 출발
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By Hallie Jeon

An "Abortion drone" will fly to Poland on Saturday to deliver 5 kilograms of pregnancy-terminating pills.


Women on Waves, a Netherlands-based non-profit organization, initiated the project. The pills are illegal in Poland.

Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, founder and director of the organization, told the Telegraph: "I think it's extremely important because, within Europe, there's so much inequality and difference in how women's rights are being respected."

The pills have been approved by the World Health Organization, but Gomperts is unsure how the Polish government will react to the drone delivering them.

According to the Telegraph report, Women on Waves hopes to bring awareness about the lack of safe access to abortion in Poland, and women's rights to access certified abortion-pills.

The organization seems to have found a way around potentially violating the airspace laws of the pro-life nation.

It claims the drone is not considered a commercial aircraft because it weighs less than 5 kilograms. And as it will not be flying in controlled airspace, no authorization is required under Polish law.

"There are no regulations or laws that prevent us from doing this or any that say it would be illegal," said Gomperts.

"It's the first time we're doing something like this, so we don't know what the government is going to do. We're just going to see what happens."


"낙태 무인비행기" 폴란드로 곧 출발

'낙태 무인비행기'는 이번주 토요일에 5kg의 낙태를 유발하는 약품을 싣고 폴란드로 떠나기로 예정되있다.

네덜란드의 'Women on Waves' 라는 비영리 단체가 주최한 이 프로젝트는, 무인비행기를 통해 여성들이 안전한 낙태를 할 수 있는것을 목적으로 한다.

이 단체의 창시자이자 디렉터인 레베카 곰퍼트 씨는 Telegraph지에 '유렵 내에서 여성의 권리가 차이가 많이 나기 때문에 이와같은 프로젝트가 굉장히 중요하다고 생각해요,' 라고 했다.

전달될 약품은 세계보건기구에 의해 승인되었지만, 곰퍼트씨는 폴란드 정부가 무인비행기에 불법 약품을 싣어 나르는 것에 대해 어떻게 반응을 보일지 불확실하다고 말했다.

Telegraph지에 따르면, Women on Waves 단체는 여성의 안전하게 낙태 할 권리와 승인된 안전한 약품을 이용할 권리의 인지도를 높이는 것에 뜻을 두고 있다.
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