In June, the Department of the Interior told states that use the Colorado River’s water they had to save two-to-four-million-acre feet within months. Now, tribes are asking for a bigger say in the negotiations over how to do it. Although they are senior water rights holders along the Colorado, they have historically been left out of decision making about it. Plus, now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, and some states in our region are moving to ban abortion, some young women are more seriously considering permanent solutions to birth control.

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// Arizona Republic: Their pleas for water were long ignored. Now tribes are gaining a voice on the Colorado River

https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona/2022/08/08/century-after-colorado-river-divided-tribes-gain-voice/7792315001/

// KUER: In a post-Roe world, Utah women are considering sterilization as a form of protection

https://www.kuer.org/race-religion-social-justice/2022-08-04/in-a-post-roe-world-these-utah-women-are-considering-sterilization-as-a-form-of-protection