My new heroes: Cecelia Fire Thunder and the Oglala Lakota tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota
Unless you've spent the past six weeks living under a rock, you've probably heard about how South Dakota passed a state law banning almost all abortions, even in the case of rape or incest. (Here come the 12-toed babies.)
Well, the eternally practical and sensible Native Americans in that state are taking matters into their own hands. According to truthout.org, "tribal president Cecelia Fire Thunder is taking a stand. She is invoking the Oglala Lakota tribe's status as a sovereign nation to surpass state law, by building a family planning clinic on the reservation."
I love it! Monumental kudos to them!
[Video: President Fire Thunder speaks with truthout]
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