The following New York Times story on 527s included an image of our BornAliveTruth.org ad as its sample of conservative sponsored issues advocacy:
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After largely staying on the sidelines, the types of independent groups that so affected the 2004 presidential campaign are flooding back as players in the final sprint to the election this fall, financing provocative messages on television, in mailboxes and through the Internet….

An anti-abortion group, BornAliveTruth.org, announced Monday it would begin running an advertisement against Mr. Obama in NM and OH that features a woman who survived a botched abortion….
Hewing to their reformist themes, the McCain and Obama campaigns initially tried to discourage such activities on their behalf. But as the race has intensified in its closing weeks, the campaigns have increasingly turned a blind eye to the activities of these groups, which sometimes operate outside campaign finance rules and with little accountability….
Similar activity continues on the right, with new donors like Raymond Ruddy – a former supporter of Mitt Romney, who sought the Republican nomination this year – kicking in $350,000 for the advertisement against Mr. Obama on abortion by BornAliveTruth.org.

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