1.   Forbes said he disapproves of abortion, but he has refused to endorsed a constitutional amendment banning the procedure.

2.   Although the candidate says that he opposes abortion, he does not advocate legislation banning the procedure.

3.   Anti-abortion activists for the last six years have tried to ban a procedure through which the fetus is terminated after partial delivery in the breech position, feet first.

4.   At the national level, President Clinton has twice vetoed legislation banning the procedure.

5.   Backers said they only wanted to ban the procedure that calls for the partial, feet-first extraction of the fetus.

6.   Banning the procedure ranks sixth on the list of Republican priorities in this session in Congress.

7.   Bob Dole, the Republican presidential candidate, told a convention of the Christian Coalition last week that if elected, he would sign a bill banning the procedure.

8.   Both procedures are banned because they give athletes unfair competitive advantages, and both carry health risks.

9.   Both oppose abortion rights, but Bush says he does not believe the country is ready for a constitutional amendment banning the procedure.

10.   But Gov. George Pataki and the Republican-controlled State Senate support a stricter version, which would ban the procedure at any point during a pregnancy.