1.   Although even the most ardent abortion foes concede that a challenge to the legality of abortions is years away, the vote put Congress on that path.

2.   Gramm, never an ardent abortion foe before, seized on the chance to derail this Clinton choice.

3.   He is an atheist who is an ardent abortion foe.

4.   Rep. Melissa A. Hart, R-Pa., an ardent abortion foe, was making headway in attaching the ban to an appropriation bill moving through Congress.

5.   An ardent abortion rights supporter, Lowey is entering her eighth term in the House and sits on the Appropriations Committee.

6.   Ashcroft is a staunch conservative and an ardent abortion foe.