via Oliver Willis
The President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation, Cecilia Fire Thunder, has responded to the South Dakota legislation which has banned abortion services (with the narrow exception of saving the mother's life).
“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.”
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