As the ship sails into the Valencia harbor, conservatives dispatch ships bearing banners reading “NO!” and drumming thunders from the anti-choice protestors leaning on the gates to the port.  The dock is mobbed with supporters and aggressive press.  As the ship attempts to tie up, a dissenting harbor patrol ship lodges itself between the Women on Waves ship and the dock, securing their lines to the ship and attempting to drag the ship back to sea, while the activists frantically try to untie the line.  The authorities seem to be winning the tug-of-war when Rebecca, clearly enjoying the moment, emerges from the hull wielding a large knife.  The crowd on shore thunderously stomps and cheers as she slices the patrol’s rope in half, freeing her ship, bows to the crowd, and tosses the Women on Waves lines to the eager supporters.  As the harbor patrol’s motorboat circles, baffled and impotent, hundreds of hands pull the ship in to dock.

footage sequence 1: Arrival