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Billboards Targeting Latinas Exposes Cynical Motives of Conservative Funders
by Gillian Kane, Ipas
June 17, 2011 - 10:36am (Print)
As the newest campaign aimed at Latinas shows, it's likely more a case of racial opportunism, and any race will do, if it means advancing a conservative social agend.
Dirty Campaigning, Brazilian Style
by Gillian Kane, Ipas
November 1, 2010 - 2:12pm (Print)
The 2010 Brazilian presidential elections marked the first time abortion became a highly debated campaign issue and it followed a fairly American script, replete with allegations that the front runner, was a lesbian, a child-killer, a socialist.
Kenya Poised to Trample Women's Reproductive Rights
by Gillian Kane, Ipas
February 23, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)
Kenya is poised to revise its constitution with a ban on abortion and language redefining life beginning at conception. Only three other countries have such constitutional prohibitions.
Cardinal Was Principal Defender on Abortion
by Gillian Kane, Ipas
April 22, 2008 - 8:48am (Print)
At the funeral mass for the Colombian Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo this Wednesday, Pope Benedict will likely commemorate the Cardinal's work to prevent women from accessing abortion and laud his efforts to eliminate contraceptives.
Poland Ideal Getaway for Christian Right
by Gillian Kane, Ipas
May 10, 2007 - 8:00am (Print)
It's no wonder the anti-choice, anti-feminist and homophobic World Congress of Families will be held in Warsaw this week; since joining the European Union, Poland has enacted discriminatory policies towards women and gays.
