51.   Lyles has since used the procedure successfully with three other couples.

52.   Many say they feel the procedure is used too casually, as a sloppily recurring form of birth control rather than as the result of a careful personal decision.

53.   Luftig believes he was the first to use the procedure in New York.

54.   Much of the anger was directed at Gnant, who has worked to create a state Senate that operates openly and does not use technical procedures to waylay bills.

55.   Nevertheless, he still uses both procedures in his own practice, depending on the patient.

56.   New Jersey state health officials said that there was no data available to determine how often, if at all, the procedure was used within the state.

57.   On Thursday the Arkansas Supreme Court struck the proposition from the ballot, saying its supporters had used improper procedures, including forgery, to gather signatures.

58.   Outraged opponents called the illustrations deceptive, arguing that the fetuses on which the procedures are used are hardly healthy but instead are severely deformed.

59.   Rep. Tom A. Coburn, R-Okla., an obstetrician, said there is never a reason to use the procedure.

60.   Senate Democrats used parliamentary procedures to block committee work and debate on other legislation, demanding that the disaster relief issue be settled first.