--- description: A woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy is determined by which side of a state or country’s border she stands on. For over 20 years, one woman has taken advantage of the legal loophole provided by the legal murkiness of international waters to administer abortions to women otherwise left without options. title: The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 8 | The Loophole Artist image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1e88076b9c201d5/698a3d9809208f807241a6ab/Outlaw_Ep8_Landscape_Original.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Climate](/section/climate/) ## Climate Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Oceans](/tag/oceans/) ## Oceans Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 8 | The Loophole Artist by [Ian Urbina](/author/ian-urbina/) ## Ian Urbina Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2023 5:42 PM CUT  by [Ian Urbina](/author/ian-urbina/) ## Ian Urbina Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2023 5:42 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6285203/the-outlaw-ocean-ep-8-the-loophole-artist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6285203/the-outlaw-ocean-ep-8-the-loophole-artist/"},"headline":"The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 8 | The Loophole Artist","datePublished":"2023-06-06T17:42:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T15:59:06.256Z","description":"For over 20 years, one woman has taken advantage of the legal loophole provided by the legal murkiness of international waters to administer abortions to women otherwise left without options.","url":"https://time.com/6285203/the-outlaw-ocean-ep-8-the-loophole-artist/","keywords":["Oceans","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1e88076b9c201d5/698a3d9809208f807241a6ab/Outlaw_Ep8_Landscape_Original.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ian Urbina","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ian-urbina/"}],"articleSection":"Climate","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1e88076b9c201d5/698a3d9809208f807241a6ab/Outlaw_Ep8_Landscape_Original.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Outlaw_Ep8_Landscape_Original","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/climate/","name":"Climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/oceans/","name":"Oceans"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6285203/the-outlaw-ocean-ep-8-the-loophole-artist/","name":"The Outlaw Ocean Ep. 8 | The Loophole Artist"}}]}] ```