Woods is too big a name for his sponsors to simply abandon him, even though Gatorade has discontinued its Tiger line (for other reasons, it says).
The decision to abandon the Pain-Capable Unborn Protection Act was privately welcomed by moderates within the party.
Last November the governor of Oregon, John Kitzhaber, put a moratorium on all executions and in April Connecticut became the fifth state in as many years to abandon capital punishment altogether.
This week's events have exposed the unresolved divisions in the party, and the determination in conservative ranks not to abandon an issue they believe is central to their cause.
The EU administrator interrupts: "But you can trust us, we won't abandon you.
Livingstone's bid to mobilise and lead the opposition to Johnson has to be taken seriously, but none of us should think that he's going to automatically abandon the struggle to claim that progressive majority and just fall back on his suburban doughnut.
The county has followed its transport policy for half a decade, despite pressure from successive Environment secretaries to change or abandon it.
The cold snap has already brought treacherous conditions to roads, with motorists in Sheffield forced to abandon their cars after becoming snowed in on Friday night.
This is not a hardened star trotting out rote replies but a person speaking with feeling and abandon.
As a result, it discovered that Norway had to abandon an employment tax-deduction system that had worked well for sparsely populated areas in the north, resulting in negative effects on businesses which suddenly found themselves with much higher costs.
6ba2600b-fa70-4c4e-a527-de911d4292c4 On the final day of this year's Cannes film festival, Timothy Spall had to abandon his holiday in the Netherlands to collect the best actor award.
