It has been criticized by family planning groups as an attempt to create an obstacle to a woman's right to an abortion.

The letter was criticized as an attempt to reopen the abortion debate.

It was criticized as an attempt at censoring the internet.

Moonman criticised the visit as "an attempt to become respectable."

But opponents criticized the measure as an unsubtle attempt by Congress to control the content of programming.

The bill had been criticized as an attempt to garner votes from among the 600,000 ethnic Armenians of France.

Kong criticized the protest as "an attempt to suppress (his) freedom of speech through government action".

These attacks have been criticised as an attempt to "lay claim to Lebanon's prime watersheds."

Ms. Kegel also criticized the bill "as an attempt to use the government to enforce one religious doctrine regarding divorce."

The reduction has been criticised by minor parties, particularly the Greens, as an attempt to reduce their influence.