41.   Republican abortion rights supporters hoped in vain that they would win changes in the platform language.

42.   Sunday the White House stood by Foster, and abortion rights supporters rallied in support of his nomination.

43.   The compromise bill would waive a two-day waiting period for girls brought by parents for abortions, which pleases abortion rights supporters.

44.   The debates have always caused considerable anguish for Democrats who are abortion rights supporters, but find it difficult to oppose ending a procedure that many find repulsive.

45.   The prospect of Bush choosing as many as two or three new Supreme Court justices is one that abortion rights supporters dread as much as anti-abortion activists relish it.

46.   The president, under pressure from abortion rights supporters, said he would not make that trade.

47.   The report, not surprisingly, was welcomed by abortion rights supporters but criticized by abortion opponents.

48.   Two years ago, abortion rights supporters won a small victory by getting rape and incest reinstated as exceptions to the ban.

49.   While many hailed the ruling because it allows private organizations to set their own moral course, gay rights supporters condemn it as a sanction of discrimination.

50.   Parade organizers and gay rights supporters have clashed for several years.