Tribe Impeaches Leader for Abortion Clinic Plan
From Times Wire Reports
The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council has impeached the tribe’s president for proposing an abortion clinic on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in response to South Dakota’s blanket prohibition on abortion.
The 9-5 vote by the council removed Cecelia Fire Thunder, who was elected in November 2004 as the tribe’s first female president. She said she would challenge the action.
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