21.   At a press conference, the opponents said they are afraid the sugar program will be substantially saved through vote-swapping in congressional agriculture committees.

22.   A better approach would be to direct organs to those who need them most, regardless of what state the organs were collected in, bill opponents said.

23.   A House subcommittee drafts a controversial bill that opponents say would gut programs for the elderly.

24.   Abortion opponents said that the provision, protecting the health of the mother, would give doctors and women a loophole in the law.

25.   Abortion opponents said the practice could be used as an excuse to prolong pregnancies, because fetuses that are more developed produce tissue that is more valuable.

26.   Abortion opponents say the bill would reinforce parental rights and ensure that parents are involved, thereby decreasing the likelihood of abortions.

27.   Abortion opponents say the developments of the past several days illustrate the need for Bush to take a hard line against financing stem cell research.

28.   Abortion opponents said after the vote that they had successfully painted Clinton as the extremist on this issue.

29.   Abortion opponents said the exception for the health of the mother would provide women and physicians with a loophole in the law.

30.   Abortion opponents said the health exception was a loophole and said the ban would be impossible to prosecute.