1.   At the core of the Cairo debate is the question whether the final policy statement should prohibit states from promoting abortion as a method of family planning.

2.   Barton said he does not believe the GOP bill intends to promote abortions, but that it needs clearer language addressing the issue.

3.   Bush points toward another divisive policy by saying he is inclined to deny government support to international organizations that promote abortions abroad.

4.   But a growing number of critics, including many Republicans, say the money promotes abortion.

5.   But it would prohibit any U.S. money from going to foreign organizations that perform or promote abortion as part of their family planning agendas.

6.   But the provision was attacked by the Roman Catholic bishops and anti-abortion organizations, which argued that it might lead states to promote abortions.

7.   Earlier in the year, for example, President Bush announced that he would ban aid to overseas family-planning organizations that he said promoted abortions.

8.   Family planning groups directed similar cries of despair at his father, and yet found ways to distribute contraceptives without promoting abortion.

9.   In his weekly meeting delivered Sunday, Pope John Paul II expressed his fear abortion will be promoted there as a birth control method.

10.   In no case should abortion be promoted as a method of family planning.