Gomperts recounted some of the distressed emails and phone calls she had received in recent years. A woman in Morocco wrote to say that she was considering drinking bleach to end her pregnancy. An American soldier serving in Afghanistan who had been raped explained that she was unable to get an abortion on or near the base. A British woman in an abusive relationship said that her boyfriend would beat her if he found out she was pregnant or that she was trying to get an abortion.
