Numbers: Mar. 20, 2006

5 Years in jail, plus a $5,000 fine, a doctor would face for performing an illegal abortion in South Dakota, under a new law that bans the procedure except to save the mother's life

800 Estimated number of abortions that take place in South Dakota each year, all at one clinic in Sioux Falls

4,000 Estimated number of students who took the SAT last October and got incorrectly low scores because of technical flubs

10 to 200 Points by which the scores were erroneously low

22,000 Number of immigration visas issued for foreign orphans adopted by U.S. families last year, up from fewer than 9,000 in 1995

$15,000 Typical cost for Americans to adopt abroad

74% Proportion of female college students and graduates who said women on spring-break trips use drinking as an excuse for behavior like public displays of nudity and table dancing

57% Proportion who said being promiscuous is a way to fit in

Sources: Reuters(2); Los Angeles Times (2); Chicago Tribune (2); American Medical Association (2)

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