21.   The Mitchell plan also would include abortion as a standard benefit, although the majority leader said he expects the issue will be debated on the floor.

22.   The official U.S. position has favored the right of women to have access to a full range of reproductive services, including abortion.

23.   Those who support including abortion in the bill point out that it is, after all, legal.

24.   Three congressional committees have approved legislation that includes abortion as a standard benefit.

25.   Twenty-one percent said social issues, which usually include abortion, are more important than fiscal issues.

26.   Two days after he took office, Bush announced that he would deny U.S. funds to international family planning groups if their counselors included abortion as an option.

27.   All women, she said, should have access to family planning programs including safe abortion.

28.   Bush to block U.S. funds to overseas family-planning groups that include abortion, White House official says.

29.   Dr. Morris Wortman, a Rochester obstetrician-gynecologist whose practice includes abortions, considered security from the start when planning his new office that opened in August.

30.   In its statement, APIK also discussed several other issues, including abortion.