Native America Calling: Arizona tribal citizens weigh abortion access options

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Arizona tribal citizens weigh abortion access options

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Even after Arizona elected leaders repealed the law affirmed by the state Supreme Court that criminalizes nearly all abortions, the state faces a new landscape with it comes to access to the procedure.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.

Join Native America Calling to get a rundown from multiple perspectives on the current trends and realities for abortion access for Native women.

A crowd rallies at the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022, in protest of a draft decision to limit the reproductive rights of women. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Guests on Native America Calling

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 America liaison for the State of Oklahoma