11.   Although we will continue to strenuously oppose abortion, people have their minds made up on that.

12.   And it appears that Dole will choose a running mate who opposes abortion.

13.   And two groups that oppose abortion have taken aim at Sen. John McCain of Arizona with radio ads in South Carolina, where he trails Bush.

14.   Another conservative Republican who opposes abortion, Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, has endorsed federal spending on research with embryonic stem cells.

15.   Anne Perone, president of the Committee for Life, a group that opposes abortion, said her group has been lobbying lawmakers heavily.

16.   Ari Fleischer, a spokesman for Dole, told the news agency she also opposes abortion.

17.   As members of an influential Republican Party lobby that opposes abortion and favors school prayer, they generally gave it low marks at their annual gathering.

18.   As with many people who oppose abortion, these young people are Christians, and many belong to evangelical and Pentecostal churches.

19.   Ashcroft opposes abortion and is conservative on civil rights, both issues handled extensively by the Justice Department, which the attorney general runs.

20.   Ashcroft has religious reasons to oppose abortion, but he says he recognizes that Roe v. Wade is the law of the land.