West Hawaii Today Article RatingAbortion in Iowa is legal again, for now, after a judge blocks new restrictions - West Hawaii Today
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| "The ruling Monday does specify that while the law is temporarily paused, the state's Board of Medicine should proceed with creating rules for enforcement, as the law specifies." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "That means abortion is once again legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy while the courts assess the new law's constitutionality." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "There are limited circumstances under the law that would allow for abortion after the point in a pregnancy where cardiac activity is detected: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported within 145 days; if the fetus has a fetal abnormality incompatible with life; or if the pregnancy is endangering the life of the pregnant woman." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Seidlin specified that his ruling today hinges on the undue burden test, which is an intermediate level of scrutiny that requires laws do not create a significant obstacle to abortion." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Judge Joseph Seidlin held a hearing on the matter Friday, but said he would take the issue under advisement -- just as Reynolds signed the bill into law about a mile away." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "DES MOINES, Iowa -- An Iowa judge on Monday temporarily blocked the state's new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just days after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the measure into law." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Reynolds swiftly put out a statement underscoring her intention to fight the issue all the way to the state Supreme Court." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
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52% : The ruling Monday does specify that while the law is temporarily paused, the state's Board of Medicine should proceed with creating rules for enforcement, as the law specifies.45% : That means abortion is once again legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy while the courts assess the new law's constitutionality.
44% : There are limited circumstances under the law that would allow for abortion after the point in a pregnancy where cardiac activity is detected: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported within 145 days; if the fetus has a fetal abnormality "incompatible with life;" or if the pregnancy is endangering the life of the pregnant woman.
42% : Seidlin specified that his ruling today hinges on the "undue burden" test, which is an intermediate level of scrutiny that requires laws do not create a significant obstacle to abortion.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. 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. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.