A group of centrist House Republicans are squaring off with GOP conservatives on a sensitive issue touching on abortion...

The erupting fight is the latest ideological disagreement to roil a Republican Conference that has split over farm subsidies, earmarks and other spending issues...

But leading conservatives in the House are pressing Bush to cut funding to abortion counselors.

“I am hopeful that President Bush will follow both President Reagan and his father’s presidency and ensure the non-abortion funding that flows to family planning through Title X does not indirectly support abortion referral or abortion services,” said Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), who has discussed the issue with Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt.