11.   By contrast, New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman vetoed a bill that would have banned the procedure.

12.   Clinton has vetoed congressional efforts to ban the procedure twice.

13.   Congress has twice passed bills banning the procedure, both times ending in vetoes by President Clinton.

14.   Congress tried to ban this procedure.

15.   Despite his skepticism, Mao opposes banning the procedure.

16.   Democrats and Republicans alike have spent the week introducing competing legislation that would ban the procedure.

17.   Fourteen other states have passed legislation to ban the procedure.

18.   Gresham said he and another agriculture teacher were reprimanded by school administrators, who immediately banned such procedures.

19.   He reiterated his support banning the procedure in most cases but suggested that the party platform include an expression of tolerance for other views.