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Rebecca Gomperts (born 1966) is a Dutch physician and activist for women's rights, in particular abortion rights. She is the founder of Women on Waves and Women on Web, which provide reproductive health services for women in countries where they are not available. In 2013 and 2014, Gomperts was included in the BBC's 100 Women.[1][2] In 2018, she founded Aid Access, which operates in the United States.[3] A trained abortion specialist and activist, she is generally considered the first abortion rights activist to cross international borders.[4]
Gomperts was included in Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2020.[5]
- ^ "100 Women: Who took part?". BBC. 22 November 2013.
- ^ "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". BBC. 26 October 2014.
- ^ Koerth, Maggie (1 November 2022). "As States Banned Abortion, Thousands More Americans Got Pills Online Anyway". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ Corbett, Sara (26 August 2001). "The Pro-Choice Extremist". The New York Times Magazine.
- ^ Richards, Cecile (22 September 2020). "Rebecca Gomperts: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020". Time.