Reposting here to be part of the vast internet grassroots movement of something or other.

[kodalai]

As you may have heard by now, when South Dakota signed a state-wide abortion ban, Cecilia Fire Thunder, the president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Pine Ridge Reservation announced her attention to open a Planned Parenthood clinic on reservation grounds, where the state law would have no jurisdiction.

Contact information of various kinds, as well as discussion, can be found here. (And for Planned Parenthood South Dakota, here: they have made statements to the effect that they did not have plans for a reservation clinic in the works at the time she made her statement.)

Myself, I'm simply struck by how allegorical this is. Protesting for the sovereignty of a woman's body against the intervention of the government, within the borders of an Indian reservation which is founded on the principle of sovereignty within the U.S. government. However it turns out, I think we should pay close attention to this fight.

Also, "Cecilia Fire Thunder" is the coolest name. Ever. Ever ever.

Comments

[okaasan59.livejournal.com]

That's cool. I hope they get the clinic up and running no matter which way the present law goes.

I wonder, just how much sovereignty does a reservation have? I assume some laws would have to apply, right? Or would those be federal laws and not state laws? (This may have been covered in the comments of the link you posted but I didn't have time to delve through all of it, sorry.)

[nekojita.livejournal.com]

Also, "Cecilia Fire Thunder" is the coolest name. Ever. Ever ever.

Expect to see a lot of Mary Sues named something like that from now on!

On a more serious note, I'm *very* interested in seeing how this plays out, especially since I'll be teaching another NA class soon.