Cecelia Fire Thunder Speaks

Apr 11, 2006 06:57

http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

ROE v. WADE= FEDERAL LAW

My only concern is calling it an "abortion clinic". But...I am inspired by teh recent upsurge of residents of the U./S. actually taking their rights into their own hands.

VIDEO

Dispatch From South Dakota:
Tribal President Cecelia Fire Thunder Speaks
A Film by Chris Hume and L. Wild Horse

Filmmakers Chris Hume and L. Wild Horse travel to South Dakota, the state that has passed a law banning all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest. But on the Pine Ridge Reservation, tribal president Cecelia Fire Thunder is taking a stand. She is invoking the Oglala Lakota tribe's status as a sovereign nation to surpass state law, by building a family planning clinic on the reservation. President Fire Thunder speaks with  t r u t h o u t  in this video exclusive.
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native american, lakota, women's rights

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