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Railing against the majorities in virtually all of their respective homelands, delegates from 30 Latin American and Caribbean countries descended on Brazil this past week to push a “gender equality” initiative that turned the advancement of women into an apparent crusade for abortion and gay rights. Born out of this meeting, known as the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean’s (ECLAC) Regional Conference on Women, was a document prepared for submission to the United Nations at its major Millennium Development Goals (MDG) assembly scheduled for next month. Available for interviews to shed light on the proceedings, and the...

As debate at the latest Latin American economic meeting continues, pro-abortion advocates have sought the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary to bring victory to their cause of establishing abortion on demand for women and girls throughout the region. Many participants at the meeting now taking place in Puerto Rico, called the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development, were stunned on Monday when "Catholics" for a Free Choice (CFFC) and its Latin American counterpart, "Catolicas" por el Derecho a Decidir, released a prayer card of the Virgin Mary, with the...