Ceilia Fire Thunder, the president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, responded to South Dakota’s law banning abortion by announcing that she’ll establish a Planned Parenthood clinic on the tribe’s Pine Ridge Reservation which sits inside of South Dakota. That got me thinking:
- The Oglala Sioux, like other tribes, run casinos.
- The casinos provide income and capital for the tribes.
- Training members of the tribes as OB-Gyn’s and allied health professions has a better upside than teaching them how to run a blackjack table or be a pit boss.
I wonder if tribal-run women’s health clinics will replace Indian gaming as the next sovereignty fight.
Note: if you want to use the comments to debate the legality/morality of abortion, go elsewhere. I donate to Planned Parenthood, and support abortion rights. In honor of Teresa Nielsen Hayden’s 50th birthday, I won’t be afraid to disemvowel bad actors in the comments.
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yaay, what a lovely idea (giving money to this effort as a gift)!.
Thanks for the reporting.
thank you for supporting Planned Parenthood! The organization does more to prevent abortions and other pregnancy losses than any other organization on the planet. Planned Parenthood’s efforts protect the lives of women, and the lives of their families, around the world.