Just like states that circumvent casino laws by floating ships in international waters, “Women on Waves,” a Dutch non-profit, provides safe medical abortions and reproductive health services to women in countries where abortion is heavily restricted or illegal.
"Women on Waves" sails a ship into international waters (usually 12 nautical miles off the coast of a country with strict abortion laws). Because national abortion bans only extend to territorial waters, The ship operates under the jurisdiction of its flag state because national abortion bans only extend to territorial waters. Women brought onto the ship undergo medical evaluations, and receive abortion pills.
In Malta, the group has placed several abortion key safes across the country. The safes contain abortion pills. Women who are less than 9 weeks pregnant and in need of an abortion can email the organization to get the location and the code of the safes.
https://www.womenonwaves.org/en/
