1.   Blocking access to an abortion clinic is already prohibited under federal law, but the federal statute is not often used.

2.   - Blocking access may not solve the problem.

3.   But blocking access to the clinics, thrusting disgusting posters, shouting threats and hounding clinic employees -- that is a deliberate tactic of the anti-abortion movement itself.

4.   In particular, the officials said, blocking access to preventive care will only push patients into already crowded emergency rooms, where care is far more expensive.

5.   Opponents say blocking access to Web sites is tantamount to book banning and should be left to parents, not public institutions such as libraries.

6.   Stopping air and rail transportation was necessary, and blocking access to national monuments and federal offices was prudent.

7.   The Israeli army continued blocking access to the camp for at least three more days to humanitarian workers, U.N. officials and journalists.

8.   The new package features issue of deficit bonds to stimulate domestic demand and faster easing of regulations seen blocking foreign access to Japanese markets.