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Controversial anti-abortion ‘freedom rides’ moving through Florida this month

By Ashley Lopez | 03.13.12 | 1:22 pm

A campaign comparing the anti-abortion rights movement to the civil rights movement is making its way through the state of Florida this month.

House to mark up race- and sex-based abortion bill co-sponsored by two Florida Republicans

By Ashley Lopez | 02.07.12 | 11:11 am

The United States House of Representatives will today mark up a bill that would outlaw abortions sought because of race or sex.

VIDEO: Gingrich Super PAC leader touts ‘Black Genocide’ theory on MSNBC

By Ashley Lopez | 02.01.12 | 11:37 am

Salon’s Joan Walsh points out today that Rick Tyler, the former Newt Gingrich communications director who now runs the candidate’s Super PAC, touted a theory popular among the fringes of the anti-abortion movement on The Rachel Maddow Show last night.

House Democrats: ‘Fetal pain’ bill ‘gives a legal right to a rapist’

By Ashley Lopez | 01.31.12 | 10:03 am

One of two anti-abortion bills that passed through a justice committee in the state House this morning would grant “a legal right to a rapist,” Democratic members of the committee argued today.

Sex- and race-based abortion ban picks up Democratic state Senate sponsor

By Ashley Lopez | 01.09.12 | 10:53 am

State. Sen Gary Siplin, D-Orlando, has introduced the Senate version of a bill that outlaws sex- or race-based abortions.

New bill would outlaw gender- and race-based abortions

By Ashley Lopez | 01.07.12 | 6:00 am

With the beginning of session only days away, Florida legislators have been busy filing a slew of anti-abortion bills. Add yet another to the list: a measure outlawing race- and gender-based abortions. The bill was filed by state Rep. Scott Plakon, R-Longwood.

Federal bill would outlaw race- or gender-based abortions

By Ashley Lopez | 12.05.11 | 2:59 pm

An anti-abortion bill that generated controversy in a number of states in recent months has made its way to Congress.

Anti-abortion group creates video slamming Guttmacher Institute

By Ashley Lopez | 11.02.11 | 11:20 am

The Radiance Foundation, an anti-abortion group that has focused its attention on the African-American community, has released a new video titled “WE’VE BEEN GUTTMACHER’D.” The group claims the video “exposes the pro-abortion distortions of the Guttmacher Institute.”

Gates of Hell screengrab from movie trailer (Pic via Vimeo)

New film imagines a future in which African-American terrorists murder abortion providers

By Ashley Lopez | 06.22.11 | 3:12 pm

The movement linking abortion rates to race has not gone away. The latest installment of this anti-abortion rights campaign is the movie Gates of Hell. The film portrays a world in which a terrorist group of black men called “Zulu 9″ mass-murder abortion doctors.

Screen grab of 'Defund Klanned Parenthood' YouTube video (Pic via YouTube)

‘Klanned Parenthood’ alleges KKK-Planned Parenthood connection in Scarlett Johansson PSA parody

By Ashley Lopez | 05.25.11 | 3:07 pm

The “Klanned Parenthood” folks are at it again. In an effort to continue touting the completely debunked theory that Planned Parenthood was created for racist purposes, the group has recently posted a video that superimposes Klan robes on Scarlett Johansson in a PSA for the chain of womens’ health clinics. (Featured below.)

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