1.   Congressional representatives and religious leaders fired off faxes condemning violence at abortion clinics.

2.   It was not widely known that there was a abortion clinic in the neighborhood.

3.   Keeping abortion clinics open was one such issue.

4.   The growth of non-profit-making abortion clinics since the act has meant that abortion is widely available.

5.   The ruling was not a total defeat for the abortion clinics.

6.   Under the terms of the legislation an abortion clinic was also required to inform a patient about the possible alternatives to abortion.

7.   Throughout August the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue conducted a mass blockade of three abortion clinics in Wichita, Kansas.

8.   For almost a decade he has led a series of protest demonstrations outside abortion clinics throughout England, running foul of the law on countless occasions.

9.   Also discussed was the attempted bombing of an Asheville, N.C., abortion clinic last month as a sign that no American town is immune from terrorists.