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A substantial number of Native Americans are affected by Arizona’s efforts to solidify a strict ban on abortions. Even after Arizona elected leaders repealed the law affirmed by the state Supreme Court that criminalizes nearly all abortions, the state faces a new landscape with it comes to access to the procedure. Abortion access advocates are taking cues from other states with abortion restrictions on the books — a reality that affects at least 75 federally recognized tribes. We’ll get rundown from multiple perspectives on the current trends and realities for abortion access for Native women.
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Charon Asetoyer (Comanche), executive director of the Native American Community board, which is a parent organization to the Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center
Rachael Lorenzo (Mescalero Apache and Laguna Pueblo), executive director of Indigenous Women Rising
Wes Nofire (citizen of the Cherokee Nation), Native American Liaison for the State of Oklahoma
Ann Tweedy, professor at the University of South Dakota School of Law
Break 1 Music: Hope (Featuring Werner Erb) (song) Sihasin (artist) Never Surrender (album)
Break 2 Music: Flyer (song) The Zoniez (artist)
