21.   The battle continued Tuesday in the Senate, where lawmakers debated whether to block visas for Chinese officials who engage in religious persecution or promote forced abortions.

22.   Their ultimate demand was for the White House to give in on language prohibiting American foreign aid to any organization that performs or promotes abortion.

23.   They say some organizations receiving the aid promote abortion.

24.   Opponents of the United Nations-based treaty consider it to be a stepping stone to promote abortion, legalize prostitution and weaken family structures.

25.   Among Vatican concerns cited by Navarro were attempts to promote abortion and to allow minors access to contraceptives and abortion without the consent of their parents.

26.   Clinton is expected to veto the measure because it includes a ban on funding organizations that promote abortion, even though the United Nations says it does not.

27.   Congress withdrew financial support for the U.N. Population Fund last year amid concerns among Republicans that it was a platform for promoting abortion in China and elsewhere.

28.   He stressed, however, that his family planning program does not promote abortion, which is illegal in the Philippines.

29.   The Catholic Church is then accused of actually promoting abortion, because she obstinately continues to teach the moral unlawfulness of contraception.

30.   The United States cut financial support to the U.N. Population Fund last year amid congressional concern that it was promoting abortion in China and elsewhere.