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The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has provided funding for a new legal fellowship that prioritizes UCLA School of Law graduates. San Manuel awarded the $695,000 grant to the California Tribal Families Coalition – a nonprofit made up of California tribes with the mission to promote tribal children and families’ welfare – for the fellowship offered to recent law school graduates, said Kimberly Cluff, the CTFC legal director.
New, restrictive state laws add to a series of existing hurdles. There's a decades-old ban on most abortions at clinics and hospitals run by the Indian Health Service. Also, fewer other nearby health centers offer abortions.