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A survey indicates that teenagers attend religious services more than adults

62

491

38%

House Democrats voting for a partial-birth abortion ban. Number reassigned to U.S. 666, which runs from New Mexico to Utah. American adults who said they attended church or synagogue in the past seven days.

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693

43%

Links to prolife groups, including Democrats for Life, among the 279 links on the DNC website. New phone prefix for Kentucky Mountain Bible College, which formerly used 666-5000. American teens who said they did.

Sources:

Roll Call

, Associated Press, Gallup Tuesday Briefing

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