ABORTION RIGHTS BACKERS BLAST BUDGET COMPROMISE.(MAIN)

Byline: Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The Clinton administration claimed victory Monday in a seven-year struggle to persuade Congress to release nearly $1 billion in back payments to the United Nations, but abortion rights advocates said the White House abandoned them to get the deal.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said the White House was ``putting the women of the world at risk in order to placate the right-wing Republicans who control Congress.''

Under the agreement reached Sunday night, the White House would accept restrictions on money going to …