How activists say Texas abortion law is undermining Native American women's reproductive justice

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Asetoyer, who resides on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, said that has been the case in her state, where the only clinic offering abortions -- a Planned Parenthood in Sioux Falls -- paused procedures for seven months in 2020 because of pandemic-related restrictions.
50% : In 2006, Cecilia Fire Thunder, the first woman elected president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, the largest Native tribe in South Dakota, championed building a Planned Parenthood on its reservation -- in response to the state banning virtually all reasons for an abortion.
45% : The main IHS website doesn't specifically mention abortion on its "reproductive health" page nor does its health manual reference allowances for abortions related to rape or incest.
30% : Asetoyer said the problem remains that many IHS facilities simply don't have the resources to perform abortions or their employees mistakenly believe that all forms of abortion are illegal.

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