11.   In January, the Metropolitan Medical Society asked its member physicians to notify the society of any gag rules in Kansas City.

12.   In one of his first acts, President Clinton threw out the gag rule.

13.   In the interview that followed, Clinton also talked about the peace summit, despite a strict US-imposed gag rule.

14.   Last week, the House attached a similar gag rule to its foreign operations appropriation bill.

15.   Massachusetts outlawed gag rules in January, and last year required that mothers and their babies be allowed to remain in hospitals for at least two days after delivery.

16.   On the other hand, the gag rules apply only to foreign NGOs, not to governments, even if they sponsor abortion.

17.   Other recommendations included prohibiting physician contracts from including a so-called gag rule, which bans doctors from talking to patients about procedures their health plans do not cover.

18.   President Bush reimposed the so-called gag rule soon after taking office, reversing Clinton administration policy.

19.   Reinstating the ban on federal research on stem cells would, unlike the gag rule, affect millions of Americans.

20.   Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Nita Lowey, Democrats of New York, are both sponsoring legislation to end the gag rule.