House OKs Bill to Protect Contraception from Supreme Court

Jul 21, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    6% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    16% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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"Even so, anti-abortion groups and Republican leaders oppose the contraception legislation, and there was no immediate sign that significant numbers of GOP senators would be willing to defy them."
Positive
32% Conservative
"In contrast, same-sex marriage has such firm public acceptance and is such a clear-cut issue that growing numbers of Republicans have been willing to vote for it."
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6% Conservative
"He mentioned rulings that affirmed the rights of same-sex marriage in 2015, same-sex intimate relationships in 2003 and married couples' use of contraceptives in 1965."
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0% Conservative
"Yet the House voted Tuesday to keep same-sex marriage legal, with 47 Republicans joining all Democrats in backing the measure."
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-12% Liberal
"The House voted last week to revive a nationwide right to abortion, with every Republican voting no, and voted largely along party lines to bar prosecuting women traveling to states where abortion remains legal."
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-30% Liberal
"Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, demurred, saying she was working on bipartisan legislation that she said would codify the rights to abortion and perhaps for contraception."
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-34% Liberal
"Though 157 Republicans voted no, that tally raised expectations that the bill could win enough support for GOP senators to pass, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature."
Positive
28% Conservative
"Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she was most likely to support the measure."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., makes a point during an event with Democratic women House members and advocates for reproductive freedom ahead of the vote on the Right to Contraception Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 20, 2022."
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4% Conservative
"Women deserve the truth, not more fear and misinformation that forces an extreme agenda on the American people, said Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash."
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-4% Liberal
"We will not let this happen, said Rep. Kathy Maing, D-N.C., who sponsored the legislation."
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-8% Liberal
"Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, demurred, saying she was working on bipartisan legislation that she said would codify the rights to abortion and perhaps for contraception."
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-18% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Even so, anti-abortion groups and Republican leaders oppose the contraception legislation, and there was no immediate sign that significant numbers of GOP senators would be willing to defy them.
53% : In contrast, same-sex marriage has such firm public acceptance and is such a clear-cut issue that growing numbers of Republicans have been willing to vote for it.
50% : He mentioned rulings that affirmed the rights of same-sex marriage in 2015, same-sex intimate relationships in 2003 and married couples' use of contraceptives in 1965.
44% : Yet the House voted Tuesday to keep same-sex marriage legal, with 47 Republicans joining all Democrats in backing the measure.
35% : The House voted last week to revive a nationwide right to abortion, with every Republican voting no, and voted largely along party lines to bar prosecuting women traveling to states where abortion remains legal.
33% : Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, demurred, saying she was working on bipartisan legislation that she said would codify the rights to abortion and perhaps for contraception.

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