South Dakota Updates

I've posted a bunch of stuff on here. Quite interesting. I'm sure more info can be found, and would welcome the additional info.

Native Americans and Abortions in South Dakota (Whoops, sorry about this link- it's about Echinacea ha ha - will find the link again..I hope.)

http://www.startthehealing.com/echinacea-07-27-05.html

It seems that the Native Americans of South Dakota are in the forefront of this battle:

''I have very strong opinions of what happened. These are a bunch of white guys determining what a woman should do with her body,'' Fire Thunder said. Fire Thunder was a nurse and has worked with women who were traumatized by rape....

American Indian women will be impacted, if the law takes effect, in greater numbers than any other group. According to national statistics, American Indian women are sexually assaulted at a rate 3.5 times higher than all other racial groups. That means there are seven rapes per 1,000 American Indian women....

''If they are going to outlaw abortions [they should] put more money into sex education and pregnancy prevention. It's fine to tell people to abstain from sex. Adult people in our country expect young people to abstain when they don't abstain,'' she said.

''It's my personal opinion that it's a woman's choice. She makes the decision and the only person she is going to be accountable to is the Creator and the spirit of that child,'' Fire Thunder said. ...

''The Creator gave every human being [the right] to make choices for yourself. Another person may not think that is the right choice and a lot of people have made bad choices in their lives, but it's their choice....We have to honor the gift the Creator gave us; one of the greatest gifts is to choose for ourselves.''

From the Chicago Tribune regarding the effectiveness of the Pro-life campaign:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0604100144apr10,1,544922.s...

This has links to send your governor a protest letter regarding your opinion on the the ban. (Thank goodness I live in California)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0604100144apr10,1,544922.s...

From the New York Times:

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041606F.shtml