Rebecca Gomperts

Rebecca Gomperts, a Surinamese Dutch physician, fights for the human right of abortion for women

Initiative Women on Waves Rebecca Gomperts, (*Paramaribo 29 juli 1966)  is a Surinamese Dutch physician who was named among the 100 most influential people in the world.   She studied medicine and visual arts in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  After graduating Gomperts became an abortion doctor and sailed with the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior, as its doctor…
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