The Detroit News Article RatingCounty prosecutors can't enforce Michigan abortion ban, Oakland Co. judge rules
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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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| " The Reproductive Freedom for All ballot committee's ballot initiative would add language to the Michigan Constitution allowing for abortion up to fetal viability, which usually is considered to be around 24 weeks but is defined in the language as when a child can survive outside the womb without extraordinary medical measures." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher ruled in May that Plaed Parenthood was likely to succeed in its case and determined that Nessel could not enforce the 1931 ban." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "This was the first hearing in the country since Roe v. Wade was overturned with live testimony on the impact of allowing the criminalization of abortion." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| " This means abortion will likely remain legal in Michigan until Whitmer's case or a lawsuit brought by Plaed Parenthood in the Michigan Court of Appeals is fully resolved." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| " Whitmer has argued Michigan's constitution offers a right to abortion that nullifies the 1931 ban, which has laid largely dormant since the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| " The same day Whitmer filed her lawsuit, Plaed Parenthood of Michigan filed a separate case about the abortion ban in the Michigan Court of Claims against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "u00a0Later on the same day as the Court of Appeals ruling, Cuingham issued a temporary restraining order stopping the 13 prosecutors Whitmer listed as defendants in her case from enforcing the abortion ban." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "u00a0Theu00a0Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Whitmer would not have to testify during this week's hearing." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "u00a0Attorney David Kallman, who represents Republican prosecutors in Kent and Jackson counties, subpoenaed Whitmer for Wednesday's hearing,u00a0saying she should have to explain how she would be harmed by the state's abortion law." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Pontiacu00a0u2014u00a0An Oakland County judge ruled Friday that county prosecutors caot enforce the state's 1931 abortion law as courts consider a lawsuit brought by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that seeks to overturn the ban as unconstitutional." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "u00a0This means abortion will likely remain legal in Michigan until Whitmer's case or a lawsuit brought by Plaed Parenthood in the Michigan Court of Appealsu00a0is fully resolved." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "u00a0Whitmer has argued Michigan's constitution offers a right to abortion that nullifies the 1931 ban, which hasu00a0laid largely dormant since the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "u00a0The same day Whitmer filed her lawsuit,u00a0Plaed Parenthood of Michigan filed a separate case about the abortion ban in the Michigan Court of Claims against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
50% : The Reproductive Freedom for All ballot committee's ballot initiative would add language to the Michigan Constitution allowing for abortion up to fetal viability, which usually is considered to be around 24 weeks but is defined in the language as when a child can survive outside the womb without "extraordinary medical measures."48% : Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher ruled in May that Planned Parenthood was likely to succeed in its case and determined that Nessel could not enforce the 1931 ban.
37% : This was the first hearing in the country since Roe v. Wade was overturned with live testimony on the impact of allowing the criminalization of abortion.
30% : This means abortion will likely remain legal in Michigan until Whitmer's case or a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood in the Michigan Court of Appeals is fully resolved.
28% : Whitmer has argued Michigan's constitution offers a right to abortion that nullifies the 1931 ban, which has laid largely dormant since the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973.
28% : The same day Whitmer filed her lawsuit, Planned Parenthood of Michigan filed a separate case about the abortion ban in the Michigan Court of Claims against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
*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.