Since then, it has become a central argument on the part of some prominent legal abortion advocates.
Nonetheless, abortion advocates seized upon the 1.2 million a year figure and promulgated it in their campaigns for abortion legalization.
To protect a few abortion advocates, President Clinton has made clear that he is willing to torpedo this legislation.
Anti-abortion groups oppose the application; abortion advocates support it.
In 1991, Swarbrick, who was a pro-choice abortion advocate, spoke out against a new federal law that would have criminalized abortion.
The Governor's hasty retreat surprised some abortion advocates, and a few publicly said they were disappointed or concerned by her decision.
In part, Shalom Press was able to distance himself from the controversy because he did not see himself as an abortion advocate.
In this context, abortion advocates and pro-life activists accused each other of fundamentalism.
Even the most ardent abortion advocate will agree that a newborn baby is human.
In the absence of sure knowledge of when the fetus is nonhuman, abortion advocates are condoning killing humans.