71.   An abortion rights supporter, the mayor has refused to support a ban on the abortion procedure.

72.   In the Senate, Bradley did vote against attempts to ban certain late-term abortion procedures.

73.   In the Midwestern cases, the court cited concerns about the vagueness of the laws -- measures that the judges believed could be read to prohibit common abortion procedures.

74.   Lazio, while maintaining he is an abortion rights supporter, favors banning the abortion procedure and has never run with Liberal Party backing.

75.   Maine voters will decide whether to ban a late-term abortion procedure that has been outlawed in several states, and whether to legalize marijuana for medical uses.

76.   Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., proposed an alternative supported by some Democrats and Republicans that would not ban a specific abortion procedure.

77.   The abortion procedure involves partially extracting a fetus, legs first, through the birth canal, cutting the skull and draining the contents.

78.   The first lady supports Medicaid funding for abortion and is opposed to banning the late-term abortion procedure.

79.   The justices said the Nebraska law could criminalize other abortion procedures besides the one opponents said they were targeting.

80.   The following year, the Republican-controlled New Jersey Legislature passed a bill to outlaw the late-term abortion procedure that foes call partial-birth abortion.