51.   Some abortion opponents called for casting blank ballots rather than backing Republican nominee Dolly Madison McKenna, who, like Bentsen, supports abortion rights.

52.   Some opponents called her crazy, and a few said the country would be giving up its sovereignty by dropping the sucre.

53.   The campaign, which opponents called racist, ultimately failed.

54.   The issue of what opponents call partial-birth abortion is likely to come up for debate later this year.

55.   The medical procedure, which abortion opponents commonly call partial birth abortion, cannot be defined precisely in medical terms.

56.   The McCain-Gephardt proposal was to use a federal commission to recommend cuts in the huge subsidy programs opponents call corporate welfare.

57.   The opponents called it a LILCO bailout.

58.   The township, Princeton, has hired a private firm to kill the deer using the method, which opponents call cruel and inhumane.

59.   Two years ago, Thompson signed legislation outlawing the procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion.

60.   Two years ago, she braved the wrath of conservatives and vetoed legislation banning a late-term procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion.