we're sending some $$ today. and then i think i'll email senator napoli again, just for kicks.

I find it somewhat ironic that Senator Napoli is on the appropriations committee.

Abortion on the "Rez"

Message: I think that opening and abortion clinic on the reservation is not a wise choice. I think it goes against what the Lakota "supposedly stand for". Family and Heritage. How many women whether they are Indian or not use abortion as a form of birth control? I am saddened and angered that Cecilia Firethunder would support such a sad option for women. Why doesn't she save the money for her own tribe of people to use for better drug and alcohol treatment programs. And to teach young people there on the reservation about responsibility and family values. How many people from the various Sioux tribe's have lost their children to homes shattered by alcohol abuse. How many children have been given up for adoption? Or placed in a system only to go right back into a home where they face the same problem over and over. Young girls to fall victim to incest or rape. Young boys who grow up not being able to overcome alcohol use and abuse and the abuse just gets passed on from one generation to the next. I come from the same reservation Mrs. Firethunder is the leader of. I came from the same background I just mentioned. Both my parents were alcoholic. All of us children were subjected to abuse and neglect. Being among the youngest of the nine children my mother bore. It gives me a relief to know she didn't have that option at her disposal when she went through hard times or I may not be here alive to testify that this is wrong!. And the tribe did everything it could to get me adopted by "Indian" people so I could "keep" some of my heritage. But that doesn't always work out either. They kept me from being adopted by a "white" family who could have raised me well. They would have been willing to have learned in order to teach us , but that's a whole other issue. I was rather adopted by a family whose father was only part Sioux. He was a alcoholic prior to adopting me and fell back into alcoholism 2 years after adopting me and my sister and I never learned anything about the Lakota Culture. Reservation life is hard enough. I know I lived there. Abortion isn't a choice...it's a cop out! It just allows women to be more irresponsible with their bodies and whats more,...irresponsible in Life! And I think Mrs Firethunders comments about the State Body being made up of mostly "white males" is racist and sexist.

Re: Abortion on the "Rez"

Can't say I agree with you about abortion. I consider it a valid form of birth control. And moreover, I consider reproductive choice to be a core "family value." None the less, thank you for your comments.

Re: Abortion on the "Rez"

Abortion is not birth control. In the same sense that it does not prevent one from becoming pregnant. It kills! The pill, depo. shot, IUD and the patch, condoms etc. all work with the idea of preventing conception. Abortion however does not. I consider reproductive choice one based on resposibility. Not something you do because you decide that You don't want someone who is already created and growing inside of you. I can only hope and pray the funds are never met and she changes her mind.

Re: Abortion on the "Rez"

In the sense that abortion offers reproductive choice, it is birth control. I would agree that not getting pregnant in the first place would be ideal. But in order for women to have access to the pill, dep shot, IUD, patch, diaphram, and condoms - it's extremely helpful to have doctors that will provide them. And when said birth control doesn't work, and sometimes it doesn't, it's also good for women to have the choice of whether or not they will stay pregnant and have the baby. I believe that quite strongly, and that's why I support PP's mission.

You are doing a great job. More power! You have my support.

Maxi
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