“My whole career and my life's work has been about reproductive freedom, health equity, training junior people — and all of that is threatened by this,” said Autry, referring to the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
It's not often that the culmination of a career leads you to take what you do on land — and bring it to the sea. But when Dr. Meg Autry proposed a floating abortion clinic in the Gulf of Mexico, that's where she found herself.
According to the website of PRROWESS , a nonprofit that Autry has incorporated, the clinic intends to serve"individuals seeking reproductive health care and surgical abortion where it is illegal or impossible." She became impassioned in her advocacy for marginalized communities — those whose rights were being threatened, or who were unable to advocate for themselves.
“As time marched on, it was very clear that reproductive rights were going to be further eroded. We started looking at the Gulf and then it became clear that it was legally a potential,” says Autry. “And then when the Dobbs decision leaked, we were basically like, ‘OK, we need to be far enough along that when this decision comes down, we have a real solution.’ And so that's kind of what we did.
Women on Waves is a Dutch nonprofit with a similar mission, described on their website as aiming “to prevent unsafe abortions and empower women to exercise their human rights to physical and mental autonomy.” The group operates in the international waters off-shore of countries where abortion is illegal.
“The services PRROWESS is planning to provide are 100% legal. Any legal threats to the boat’s operations, staff and patients will come from the same anti-abortion extremists who created this public health crisis," said Amanda Allen, Senior Counsel and Project Director at the Lawyering Project in a statement to The Examiner.
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