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Imagine having to drive nine hours away for a medical procedure you’re in desperate need of. As you might’ve heard, this is a shitty new reality for people in the United States living in areas where abortion is banned. But the taxing journey to seeking an abortion has actually been a reality for many Native Americans for quite some time.
Though the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision ushered in an era of protected abortion access, Native Americans didn’t experience the same rights because of federal policies that many believe were meant to control their reproductive liberties. And now that Roe has been overturned and abortion rights are being rolled back all over the country, Indigenous Americans who need an abortion will have an even harder time getting one.
Native Americans’ historic battle for reproductive care is a complex one, partly because the power to create legislation around it is split between the U.S. government and Native law.