11.  Because of those studies, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners designed model laws to ban the practice.

12.  A lawmaker is taking up the fight against unsolicited electronic mail on the Internet with a bill that would ban the practice in Massachusetts.

13.  A hospital that previously performed abortions promised Wednesday to ban the practice, in response to objections from the Catholic hospital it merged with three years ago.

14.  After thousands of adherents ringed the center of government in a silent protest in April, authorities made mass arrests and banned public practice of Falun Gong.

15.  But a flurry of transfusion attempts using blood from calves and sheep as well as humans ended in disaster, prompting a papal edict to ban the practice.

16.  But in calling for a law that would ban the practice, the panel took a highly unusual step.

17.  But Larocca took Vallone to task for taking contributions from people who do business New York City, saying that the practice should be banned.

18.  But some skin doctors argue that the practice should be banned outright.

19.  But they noted that several other countries, including Britain, have already banned the practice.

20.  CALPIRG is studying the issue and may propose legislation to ban the practice.