1.   One influential local bishop warned that women who sought abortion would be excommunicated.

2.   The existing policy is one of seeking abortion on demand, up to the point of birth and without legal or medical restriction.

3.   A minor seeking an abortion was required to obtain parental consent.

4.   An emotionally charged parental notification bill for minors seeking abortions skidded off track Wednesday in the Texas House but is expected to be back up for consideration by Saturday.

5.   And it was the governor himself who had pushed into law the Texas Parental Notification Act, which required minors to inform their parents before seeking an abortion.

6.   As a result, they say, women would be forced to use less safe abortion procedures or to seek abortions in other states.

7.   At the same time, Lieberman also has called for requiring parental consent of minors seeking abortions in federally funded clinics.

8.   Because the abortion was sought for economic reasons, Milne said, a lawsuit for economic compensation is a logical move with ample precedent in Massachusetts.

9.   Both back the state law requiring minors to notify their parents before seeking an abortion.