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IsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 05:08 PM
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18. From my understanding of what was said is that 'if the person who
Edited on Tue Mar-28-06 04:56 PM by IsItJustMe
performed the pregnancy termination is a non native, the state of South Dakota could go after that person with their 5 year prison term. If the person is Native American, there isn't a thing that South Dakota can do'.

Apparent, even though it is reservation land, South Dakota still has some type of authority that would make this so. I don't know the intricacies of that law or situation. That was just my understanding from hearing the interview this morning.

Tribe president Cecelia Fire Thunder has also already talked to a Native American who runs a Planned Parenthood Clinic in another state who is willing to the work if need be.
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