21.   The agency previously told managed-care plans to eliminate so-called gag rules, which prevent doctors from informing patients about procedures the plan will not cover.

22.   The contract does not oppose abortion directly, but sneakily espouses a new federal gag rule on abortion information.

23.   The example of the abortion gag rule gives little ground for hope.

24.   The global gag rule is about more than just rhetoric.

25.   The gag rule also guaranteed greater coverage for an event that might otherwise have inspired yawns.

26.   The gag rule cannot silence candidates who have not yet announced their candidacy.

27.   The gag rule on discussing abortion, first imposed by President Reagan, was dropped by President Clinton.

28.   The Kansas Republican not only supports abortion rights, she also has voted in the past to dump the gag rule.

29.   The judge hearing the case, Nancy Wieben Stock, has placed a gag rule on all participants.

30.   This anti-democratic gag rule on abortion advocacy should now be abandoned.