Sailing close to the wind.

The reaction is likely to be explosive. When the group - who call themselves Women on Waves - sailed to Ireland in 2001 the anti-abortion movement and the countrys conservative religious establishment saw red and now Polish pro-life groups are said to be already gearing up for their arrival. Abortion in Poland is only permitted as a last resort - if a woman has been raped if the foetus is deformed or if the woman would die without the operation. The converted shipping container used by the group as a treatment room will seek to give Polish women more choices - albeit briefly - and can justifiably lay claim to be the worlds first floating abortion clinic. However the group is not authorised to perform surgical abortions. They tried and failed to do just that in Ireland but failed to get the necessary paperwork from the Dutch government and so have to content themselves with distributing the RU486 abortion pill instead. (excerpt)