31.   Abortion opponents said they had a better chance before a federal appeals court or, if the law got that far, the U.S. Supreme Court.

32.   Abortion opponents say abortion training for residents is unnecessary.

33.   Abortion opponents say they deliberately chose to open the debate by focusing on the late-term procedure they refer to as partial-birth abortion.

34.   Abortion opponents said they were confident they could hold the line.

35.   Abortion opponents say obtaining stem cells by destroying human embryos is illegal and immoral.

36.   Abortion opponents say there is no evidence to support the contention that doctors will stop performing abortions if the bill becomes law.

37.   Abortion opponents say they will be mounting an effort against Clinton in both the South and the industrial Midwest.

38.   After the vote, one opponent said she was not surprised by it.

39.   Brittle and other Sumitomo opponents say the plotting went deeper.

40.   But abortion opponents say they would be outraged by such a move.