McMillan says there was a time, maybe a decade ago, when he first took on the anti-abortion cause full time, that he might have agreed.

Will it hurt the anti-abortion cause?

His praise for the anti-abortion cause, one of Mr. Bush's most loyal bases of support, was unstinting.

After a decade in which the party was increasingly identified with the anti-abortion cause, Mr. Atwater is seeking a new emphasis on diversity and tolerance.

But you might reveal to your readers that its founder, Gary Heavin, is a substantial contributor to anti-abortion causes.

The anti-abortion cause, where the bishops have been on the front lines, also intruded.

Nor did Koop believe that the anti-abortion cause would be served by shifting its focus to the suffering of women.

Far from convincing me to oppose abortion, it lowered my estimation of the anti-abortion cause.

Mr. Ashcroft has a long history of support for the anti-abortion cause, as state attorney general, as governor and as senator.

Mr. Santorum has been a consistent leader in the anti-abortion cause in the Senate.