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Horrifying and complete unsurprising stuff from the American Taliban.

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Waxman's report claims that 20 of the 23 centers reached by the investigators (87%) provided false or misleading information about the health effects of abortion. They were unable to reach the remaining two.
I did the arithmetic three times, and it didn't add up either time.
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Horrifying and complete unsurprising stuff from the American Taliban.

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Waxman's report claims that 20 of the 23 centers reached by the investigators (87%) provided false or misleading information about the health effects of abortion. They were unable to reach the remaining two.
I did the arithmetic three times, and it didn't add up either time.
20 / 23 = 0.86956
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Waxman's report claims that 20 of the 23 centers reached by the investigators (87%) provided false or misleading information about the health effects of abortion. They were unable to reach the remaining two.
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Investigators, who called into 25 such centers posing as pregnant 17-year-olds,

25 centers contacted
23 responded or were contact-able, and of those
20 gave false information (87%)
2 were unable to be reached
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They're not saying anything about the Sion Priory, y'know. :D
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Waxman's report claims that 20 of the 23 centers reached by the investigators (87%) provided false or misleading information about the health effects of abortion. They were unable to reach the remaining two.
;)
Investigators, who called into 25 such centers posing as pregnant 17-year-olds,

25 centers contacted
23 responded or were contact-able, and of those
20 gave false information (87%)
2 were unable to be reached
Yep, that'll explain it.

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