I haven’t done enough research to speak specifically to the jurisdictional issues on tribal lands, but I will point out that
A) the Federal Indian Health Services funds a very high percentage of health care services on tribal lands
B) Thanks to the Hyde Amendment, those funds cannot be used to provide most abortion services. Technically, they can be used to provide abortions in the case of rape or to protect the life of the mother, but the stories told by people on the ground seem to indicate that it is difficult to get the necessary care even in these situations.
C) Despite that, I don’t think there are many if any independently funded reproductive health clinics operating on tribal lands today. So, I’m not sure that they would suddenly start popping up when states put in laws that might in many cases simply mirror the status quo that already exists in tribal clinics.
And just as a case study, at least one tribe already kinda sorta tried to do this back in 2006. The leader was impeached (apparently she was already pretty unpopular with the council, but the clinic proposal seems like it was the final straw).
Obviously, some other tribes might make different decisions, but it’s at least a signal that not all of them would necessarily be on board for building the clinics even if they could legally do so.
I’ve havent seen him on board with the socially conservative side of the Republican Party. His supposed right wing tendencies have been being the embodiment of that strand of annoying internet libertarian shitposter.
Like, Alito is a fucking goblin and this opinion is trash but this sort of aesthetic argument is dumb as shit. Alito didn’t even coin this phrase, government agencies tracking adoptions use it.
Maybe they should just get a bunch of fertile women and dress them up in red dresses with white hats and… oh wait.
Like Jesus Christ they’re mimicking dystopian drama series. Like they’re alluding to things that basically would fulfill our most hyperbolically evil versions of their plans and ideals.
I know a lot about tribal law, relatively speaking, but not in this context. The interaction between criminal/civil law and states/tribal lands is not straight forward, so I have no idea how such a situation would play out. I do know, however, that most if not all tribes would be incredibly vulnerable to a vindictive federal government that wanted to punish them for setting up abortion clinics. So I think many would be incredibly reluctant to do so.
As someone without a uterus this never crossed my mind but my girlfriend and and friend were just talking about their period tracking apps and how it will be so easy for the right to use this data to track pregnancy /abortions using the app and location tracking.
America is 100% in Handmaid’s Tale opening chapter already.
Yeah the major problem facist regimes faced previously was enforcement. Your core crew are way into things but in general people are more chill. You used to only be able to enforce public compliance to a limited extent but now the app based society is tracking all of us every moment anyway they’ll find it far easier. So thanks again Uber. Such disruption, many wow.
I was thinking more along the lines of funding for water resources development-type projects. But, yeah, many tribes would think twice before taking collective action that could threaten key aspects to their sovereignty like lucrative revenue streams or access to critical natural resources like water.
I know dick about tribal law but I see no scenario where the right allows tribal land to be some kind of safe haven for abortion rights after they’ve banned them from the rest of the US. Whatever legal niceties they need to take control from indigenous peoples will sail through very quickly.