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How a Jewish legislator's vote legalized abortion in New York in 1970

  • Bias Rating

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    26% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    4% Negative

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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : In 1973, with Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court protected the right to abortion before 24 weeks.
45% : He had served in the New York State Assembly for 10 years by 1970 when a bill to legalize abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy came up for a vote.
44% : George M. Michaels was a Jewish assembly member representing a heavily Catholic district when legislation to legalize abortion in New York came to a head in April 1970.

*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.

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