1.   Because Catholic doctrine forbids abortions, the merger agreement would bar all three hospitals from performing abortions and sterilizations.

2.   Deborah Goldberg, a lawyer for the clinic, contended that the rules were merely a pretext to prevent the clinic from performing abortions.

3.   Earlier, he had angered the Roman Catholic Church by performing abortions.

4.   He and his staff regularly use the Internet to shop for and order medical and surgical equipment and drugs used in performing abortions, he says.

5.   He and his staff regularly use the Internet to shop for and order medical and surgical equipment and drugs used in performing abortions.

6.   He asked Slepian how performing abortions affected him spiritually.

7.   He has committed the political sin of performing abortions which, last time I checked, were perfectly legal.

8.   His order would uphold suspension of the doctor from performing abortions but otherwise allow him to continue practicing medicine pending a court hearing in September.

9.   House conservatives recently rejected the appropriations bill for the military, because the Senate removed strong language barring overseas military hospitals from performing abortions.

10.   House Republicans were forced by President Clinton to strip language from the bill that would have prevented U.S.-supported international family planning agencies from performing abortions.