March 25th, 2006

It looks as if the Oglala Sioux Nation is ready to come to the rescue if the South Dakota abortion ban goes through. The tribe could open a clinic on the Pine Ridge reservation, possibly in cooperation with Planned Parenthood. The state apparently can’t regulate medical services provided by Indian physicians on tribal land, no matter who the patients are. Or so says the Rapid City Journal.

One Response to “A tribal abortion clinic?”

  1. Hah!

    Via The Reality-Based Community: A tribal abortion clinic?: It looks as if the Oglala Sioux Nation is ready to come to the rescue if the South Dakota abortion ban goes through. The tribe could open a clinic on the Pine Ridge reservation, possibly in co…