41.   He said nothing, however, about banning abortion, a conservative cause that has cost him support among Republican and independent women particularly in the suburbs.

42.   He says the ban on late-term abortions could be the first step in an effort to ban all abortions.

43.   If he were elected, they insist, he would appoint justices who would ban abortion.

44.   If the government can ban abortion to protect life, can it also require the procedure to limit population for the public good?

45.   If it had passed, the proposal would have banned abortions in cases in which a woman threatened suicide.

46.   In a one-page statement, Dole strongly reaffirmed his support for a constitutional amendment banning abortions.

47.   In addition, the party platform calls for a constitutional amendment banning abortions in all cases.

48.   In addition, the GOP convention platform endorses a constitutional amendment that would ban all abortions with no exceptions, even to save the life of the pregnant woman.

49.   In an even smaller minority are those who would ban abortion in all instances.