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South Dakota Indian Tribe Will Open Abortion Business if Ban Becomes Law
Lifenews.com ^ | March 23, 2006 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 03/23/2006 4:46:45 PM PST by sgent

Pierre, SD (LifeNews.com) -- A South Dakota Indian tribe is throwing a monkey wrench into the state's plans to ban virtually all abortions in the state. Should the ban become law, one tribe says it will open up an abortion business on their tribal lands, which wouldn't be subjected to the abortion ban.

Cecilia Fire Thunder, president of the Oglala Sioux tribe of South Dakota, says Sioux nation sovereignty means the new ban doesn't apply. As a result, she said she will lead an effort to build a Planned Parenthood abortion center at the Pine Ridge Reservation.

“To me, it is now a question of sovereignty,” she told Tim Giago who runs a web site called Indianz.com.

“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," Fire Thunder said.

A former nurse and health care worker, Fire Thunder is the first woman president of the Sioux nation.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionban; americanindian; americanindians; ban; cultofdeath; cultureofdeath; deadbabybingo; firethunder; lchaim; redcloud; rightolife; righttolife; sioux; southdakota; womanpresident
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121 posted on 03/24/2006 9:32:00 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (GOP Blend Coffee--"Coffee for Conservative Taste!" Go to www.gopetc.com)
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To: Hildy

I'm confused...I thought you lived in Arizona now...


122 posted on 03/24/2006 9:40:22 PM PST by IrishRainy
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To: IrishRainy

I do. I live in Bullhead City, which is on the other side of the Colorado River. I can see the casinos from my window.


123 posted on 03/25/2006 11:04:17 AM PST by Hildy
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To: IrishRainy

I'm over in Laughlin so much, sometimes I really do feel like I live there! But technically, I'm in Bullhead City, AZ.


124 posted on 03/25/2006 11:17:21 AM PST by Hildy
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To: sgent

Squaw bury Shortcake...


125 posted on 03/25/2006 11:26:49 AM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Hildy

Thanks for clarifying...I thought I was losing it there!


126 posted on 03/26/2006 1:26:18 AM PST by IrishRainy
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To: sgent

We need some activism on this one!!

For email contact, you can contact the president at:

firethunder_president@yahoo.com, vbush@oglala.org


Call OST President, Cecelia Fire Thunder at (605) 685-6005 or (605) 685-5597

By Mail

Oglala Sioux Tribe
ATTN: President Fire Thunder
P. O. Box 2070
Pine Ridge, SD 57770

OR: and this may be preferred, due to mail volume:

ATTN: PRESIDENT FIRE THUNDER
PO BOX 990
Martin, SD 57751


127 posted on 03/27/2006 7:54:16 PM PST by Coleus (RU-486 Kills babies and their mothers, Bush can stop this as Clinton started through executive order)
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To: John 6.66=Mark of the Beast?

I used to live within a couple hours of Wichita. Where were the good neighborhoods? When I was there, I wasn't cognizant of that type of thing so I only had to worry about where the bad parts of town where since that is where I found find the people I was looking for at the time. (I'm not trying to imply that there aren't good neighborhoods but I could use a little community real estate lesson on Wichita and what has happened since 1995)


128 posted on 03/28/2006 11:42:02 PM PST by bpjam (Now accepting liberal apologies.....)
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To: bpjam

Where tiller place is in a nice post WW2 neighborhood. Wichita has gone and is going through a growning phase. The newest homes are way west what use to be rabbit hunting grounds so to say. The east side has always been upper middle class. hope this helps


129 posted on 03/29/2006 12:02:47 AM PST by John 6.66=Mark of the Beast?
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To: sgent

Talk about genocide?


130 posted on 03/29/2006 12:03:49 AM PST by zeaal (SPREAD TRUTH!)
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To: sgent

Ah, but most Sioux are either Catholic or Episcopalian believers who oppose abortion.
More importantly, those following traditional religion also view abortion as murder.
And so I suspect she will not succeed...


131 posted on 03/29/2006 5:53:32 PM PST by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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To: B4Ranch

Infantcide was once a common practice among Indian tribes in what is now the northwest US and Canada. Also common
in Eskimo tribes. I don't know if that is relative to this
issue.


132 posted on 03/29/2006 5:59:39 PM PST by SonnyBubba
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