
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 30, 1990                   TAG: 9004300131
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

ABORTION-RIGHTS GROUP LEADS FOES IN FUNDING

The leading abortion-rights group has built up a political war chest this year nearly seven times as large as the funds held by the chief anti-abortion organization, but that lead may not last long.

The political action committee for the National Abortion Rights Action League raised more than $300,000 in the first three months of this year, while the National Right to Life PAC raised just over $7,000, according to federal disclosure reports.

NARAL's PAC ended the quarter with $347,000 in the bank, compared with $51,000 for National Right to Life, according to Federal Election Commission records.

The lopsided pace of fund raising could end soon, however. The National Right to Life PAC is preparing to launch its annual direct-mail campaign.

The PAC has demonstrated before it can raise substantial sums quickly. It had $3,400 on hand at the end of June 1989 but raised $460,000 in the second half of the year.

- Associated Press

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