11.  In a series of workshops with the state group, however, midwives are still trying to persuade doctors to accept the compromise language.

12.  John Poston, the national chief financial officer, said the confusion among the state groups is understandable.

13.  Louis Goodman, executive director of the Texas Medical Association, said the state groups would urge state officials to pressure Aetna to change the policy.

14.  National groups have links to each other and to state groups which have links to local grassroots organizations.

15.  Money is what landed her in the state group home where she learned to fear bedroom intruders, her father said.

16.  Now, he says, the state group is using the ballot incident as a pretext to expel and silence him.

17.  Such rhetoric infuriates the leaders of the American Nurses Association, who believe the state group is jumping the gun.

18.  The federation, which favors passage, is one of the many national lobbying groups that have jumped into the fray alongside state lobbying groups.

19.  The lawsuit was filed by members of the state group, with financial support from the national group.

20.  The state group has seven chapters left.