Here's an interesting development in the realm of tribal sovereignty:
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe has floated the idea of opening a Planned Parenthood clinic on tribal land and performing abortions there despite a state law banning most abortions.
“Nobody has a right to tell a woman what to do with her body,” Cecilia Fire Thunder said Tuesday. “That’s between a woman and her God. A woman could go there and get services not available elsewhere.”
Placing the clinic on tribal land would mean it would not be under the jurisdiction of the state of South Dakota, she said.
“To me, it is now a question of sovereignty,” Fire Thunder said last week. “I will personally establish a Planned Parenthood clinic on my own land which is within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation where the state of South Dakota has absolutely no jurisdiction.”
UPDATE: The Rapid City Journal has more.
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