11.   Abortion rights supporters said the move would incite attacks on the doctors.

12.   Abortion rights supporters say the change might ease the trauma of young women in crisis, but a leading player on the anti-abortion side dismissed it as trivial.

13.   Abortion rights supporters spent considerable political capital and called in favors just to keep others from defecting.

14.   Abortion rights supporters were just as adamant about boxing him in, if they could not defeat him.

15.   Abortion supporters focused on constitutional rights and accused opponents of playing politics.

16.   Abortion rights supporters argue that such complete bans are too broadly worded and are therefore illegal under Roe vs. Wade.

17.   Abortion rights supporters contend the fetus is already dead, but abortion rights opponents cite comments from a nurse who observed the procedure and claimed the fetus was alive.

18.   Abortion supporters and opponents have threatened to hold up health care legislation if the issue is not resolved to their satisfaction.

19.   Acquaintances interviewed over the last week do not recall him expressing opinions on abortion, and neither anti-abortion activists nor abortion rights supporters in western North Carolina recall him.

20.   Bush also succeeded in casting himself as more of a centrist, voters said, despite the warnings of abortion rights supporters and environmentalists.