Woman with ALS denied euthanasia procedure day before scheduled death

Oct 10, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    98% Extremely Conservative

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  • Policy Leaning

    8% Center

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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"For every five requests for euthanasia, only two are authorized, says DescLAB, Laboratory for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights."
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10% Conservative
"Since euthanasia became regulated in 2015, Colombia has granted the request of 157 procedures in the country, according to data from the Ministry of Health, Noticias Telemundo reported."
Positive
6% Conservative
"The government did not give a regulation that would allow any form of euthanasia until April 20, 2015."
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0% Conservative
"Euthanasia has been decriminalized in Colombia since 1997, when it became the first country in Latin America to do so."
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-10% Liberal
"A Colombian woman suffering from ALS who was scheduled to undergo euthanasia was denied the procedure after the clinic that had agreed to perform the procedure determined she did not meet the criteria of a terminal patient, according to reports."
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-14% Liberal
"The plan was endorsed by President Joe Biden, who praised the move in a statement released by the White House soon after it was aounced."
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22% Conservative
"I want to stress, we have for many decades bilateral tax treaties, Toomey said, although he didn't mention whether what could happen if it is included in the reconciliation bill."
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-4% Liberal
"Several weeks ago, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, said Congress likely will not ratify the global tax accord because it would require a 67-vote supermajority."
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-10% Liberal
"Biden's fellow Democrats control only 50 seats in the 100-member chamber."
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-12% Liberal
"I think that's unlikely to happen, Toomey said in September."
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-12% Liberal
"Republican senators told Yellen in a letter they were concerned the Biden administration was considering circumventing the need to obtain the Senate's authority to implement treaties."
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-18% Liberal
"Two of the top Republicans on Congress's tax committees, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), criticized the global corporate tax deal, saying Biden has used this global forum to advance its short-sighted domestic tax agenda."
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-36% Liberal
"Two of the top Republicans on Congress's tax committees, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), criticized the global corporate tax deal, saying Biden has used this global forum to advance its short-sighted domestic tax agenda."
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-36% Liberal
"Two of the top Republicans on Congress's tax committees, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), criticized the global corporate tax deal, saying Biden has used this global forum to advance its short-sighted domestic tax agenda."
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-36% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : For every five requests for euthanasia, only two are authorized, says DescLAB, Laboratory for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
53% : Since euthanasia became regulated in 2015, Colombia has granted the request of 157 procedures in the country, according to data from the Ministry of Health, Noticias Telemundo reported.
50% : The government did not give a regulation that would allow any form of euthanasia until April 20, 2015.
45% : Euthanasia has been decriminalized in Colombia since 1997, when it became the first country in Latin America to do so.
43% : A Colombian woman suffering from ALS who was scheduled to undergo euthanasia was denied the procedure after the clinic that had agreed to perform the procedure determined she did not meet the criteria of a terminal patient, according to reports.

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