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>>> Check out: Harper’s Index Online

(All 12,058 lines of the Index are free for searching and browsing)

Slaw explains that “Harper’s Index is a collection of information set out in single lines as if it were statistical data and in a way that is meant to surprise and interest you.”

My very first search was “abortion“. Where is what I got back:

1. (06/06) % of U.S. abortions in ‘73 and ‘02, respectively, that took place in the first trimester: 38, 61
2. (2/05) # of states where women seeking abortions are reqd to be told that abortion increases the risk of breast can: 3
3. (1/04) % of Americans between the ages of 15 and 22 who favor abortion restrictions: 44
4. (10/01) Chance that the death of a pregnant Nepalese is the result of an unsafe abortion: 1 in 2
5. (8/96) # of New York Times columns Maureen Dowd has devoted to abortion since Jan ‘95: 0
6. (8/96) Est # of abortions performed on victims of rape or incest each yr: 15,000
7. (9/92) % of the world’s population that has access to unrestricted abortion: 63
8. (7/92) Est # of bills restricting abortion introduced in state legislatures since ‘89: 600
9. (6/92) Chances that an American having an abortion will describe herself as a born-again  or Evangelical Christian: 1 in 6
10. (5/92) % of women who cite a suspected fetal-health problem among the reasons for their abortion: 13
11. (2/90) % of Catholic members of the House who voted last fall to federally fund abortions for rape victims: 37
12. (6/89) Chances that an American woman will have an abortion in her lifetime: 1 in 2
13. (6/89) Chances that a Soviet woman’s first pregnancy will end in abortion: 9 in 10
14. (3/89) Chances that a pregnant American woman will choose to have an abortion: 1 in 4
15. (3/89) Est # of women worldwide who die each yr as a result of illegal abortions: 200,000
16. (7/86) Abortions per 1,000 live births in New York City: 852
17. (5/86) % of abortions in the United States that are performed on Catholic women: 29
18. (11/84) # of abortions per every 100 live births in the United States: 42.6

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