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== Protect Arizona Now ==

Abernethy's involvement in [[Arizona]]'s Proposition 200 campaign has generated new controversy. She is Chair of the National Advisory Board of the [[Protect Arizona Now]] (PAN) committee which promoted Proposition 200 in that state's [[2004]] election. (Proposition 200, which passed [[November 2]], will further limit access to voting and government benefits by undocumentedillegal residents). On [[August 9]], [[2004]] the [[Federation for American Immigration Reform]] (FAIR), which is reported to have contributed over $400,000 for signature gathering, issued a statement that called for Abernethy's resignation from PAN because of her "repugnant, divisive" views, including [[separatism]].

During the campaign Abernethy replied to a journalist's question about her allegedly supremacist views by stating that she considers herself a separatist, not a supremacist.