51.   They remain pregnant and surgical abortions are urged because the pills can cause birth defects.

52.   They also expect mifepristone to increase the availability of abortion in rural areas where there are no clinics or doctors who will perform surgical abortions.

53.   Those companies should be applauded for giving women a safe, private alternative to surgical abortions.

54.   When the pill was introduced in France and in Edinburgh, Scotland, Hausknecht said, the number of surgical abortions plummeted.

55.   With office visits and counseling, an abortion with mifepristone would probably cost several hundred dollars, almost as much as a surgical abortion early in pregnancy.

56.   With virtually no medical care available for any prisoners, surgical abortions were not an option.

57.   Women who have had previous surgical abortions agree.

58.   Worried about violence and harassment from opponents of abortion rights, fewer and fewer doctors are willing to give surgical abortions.

59.   Women who seek an abortion using the pills must visit their doctor or clinic three times, instead of the single visit required for a surgical abortion.

60.   Before leaving the Netherlands, the group said it planned to administer abortion pills, but did not expect to do surgical abortions.