Last summer, though, Mr. Rowland tempered his conservative image by switching from an anti-abortion stand to a position that supports a woman's right to choose abortion.

She said she could not vote for him because he had adopted an anti-abortion stand that was not a strong feature of his last race.

Manus-Salzman says she considered giving, but ultimately ruled it out because of the party's anti-abortion stand.

If, however, she aggressively takes a public anti-abortion stand, then her hypocrisy is entirely to the point, and you can include it in the debate.

Republicans have divined not that a harsh anti-abortion stand is dissonant with their philosophy, but that it will not win voters.

Several said that Mr. Buchanan's anti-abortion stand was his strongest selling point.

A18 Polls found most voters opposing an anti-abortion stand.

Several of those candidates have taken an anti-abortion stand, and one could emerge with strong support from the religious right.

The newsletter says he "dumped his decade-long anti-abortion stand to seek the Democratic Presidential nomination" but is "reported fading fast" in Iowa.

Explaining the choice of dates, the bishops said they saw all their efforts flowing from their anti-abortion stand.