Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-09-16-Speech-4-017"
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"Mr President, this is the third time the boat has put out to sea. As you know, it has already sailed to Ireland and Poland. According to the agenda, the boat is Dutch. That is incorrect, although it does sail under the Dutch flag. The boat is an initiative by a handful of Dutch women, and in view of that, I am amazed that it features here on the agenda. We are not going to discuss boats by Greenpeace or other organisations. I set great store by a debate on ethical questions, such as abortion and women’s rights, and indeed applaud it, but the discussion is specifically about this boat and what happens on it. I think that what happens on this boat is unfortunate. Attempts are being made to change the law in Portugal, but in a democratic culture, this is hardly the way to persuade another country to do this. Interference of this kind from abroad in respect of Dutch legislation in the areas of drugs or euthanasia, for example, could equally meet with the same wave of protest in the Netherlands. We should enter into a debate with each other in a different manner, not like this. I also consider this action to be irresponsible. Given that the boat sailed to Ireland without permission, it did not even comply with Dutch legislation, which is already very lenient in this respect. Following the trip to Poland, a heated debate arose about the use of the non-approved abortion pill, and there are now discussions about the aftercare that cannot be provided. ‘Women on Waves’ has now published on the Internet a way to induce a termination yourself using over-the-counter medication, and this is accompanied by a word of caution about the gigantic risks that this entails. The boat then leaves again a few moments later. I do not think this the right way to go about things, not even to promote what you want to promote. Countries think differently about matters such as abortion. We must enter into a debate with each other about this. I am all in favour of that. We may be a community of values, but not in this respect."@en1
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