21.   While Bush wages a rhetorical war, states have passed laws requiring waiting periods before women can obtain abortions, imposing regulations on abortion clinics and other restrictions.

22.   Poor women are often unable to obtain legal abortions, while wealthy women can shop around for a psychiatrist or doctor willing to approve one.

23.   A boat carrying doctors seeking to help Irish women obtain abortions docked Thursday night in Dublin, capital of a predominantly Catholic country where the practice remains outlawed.

24.   A school board approved a much-debated policy that prohibits teachers and counselors from helping students obtain abortions.

25.   Abortion foes criticized both measures, saying the health exceptions were written so broadly that abortions could be obtained for almost any reason.

26.   Currently, a woman can obtain an abortion only if she can prove to a judge that she has been raped or is an incest victim.

27.   It said public health officials support a proposed amendment to the Criminal Code that would allow infected mothers to obtain abortions.

28.   It said health officials support a proposed amendment to the Criminal Code that would allow infected mothers to obtain abortions.

29.   Nearly half the patients who obtained abortions in Kansas last year came from out of state.

30.   The committee voted against a Democratic proposal that would have allowed military women to continue obtaining abortions in military hospitals overseas if they pay for the procedure themselves.