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Rachael Lorenzo calls it their “auntie laugh,” a powerful chuckle that lasts long and fills any space. Aunties are prominent figures in Indigenous culture who offer comfort when one needs help.Aunties answer the phone when no one else does.That’s what Lorenzo, who is Mescalero Apache, Laguna and Xicana, does as founder of Indigenous Women Rising, a national fund that covers
Abortion access was never readily available to Indigenous women, and the reversal of Roe v. Wade made it harder for them.
States with some of the largest Indigenous populations also have some of the strictest restrictions on abortion: places like North Dakota, South Dakota and Oklahoma, home to the Cherokee Nation,
The first state legislative sessions after Dobbs vs. Jackson saw laws cobbled together that either restrict abortion rights or protect them.
Abortion was never readily available to Indigenous women, and the reversal of Roe v. Wade made it worse. States with some of the largest Indigenous populations also have some of the strictest restrictions on abortion.