If Roe v. Wade falls, Pennsylvania's pro-life Sen. Bob Casey becomes a

May 04, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    6% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    46% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    90% 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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"The policies that have reduced abortion the most have been wider access to health care, wider access to contraception, programs that support families."
Positive
2% Conservative
"A look back at his statements and votes provide some insight into how he might respond if SCOTUS does vote to end constitutional protections for abortion."
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-10% Liberal
"After the SCOTUS draft leaked, pro-choice advocates renewed calls for federal lawmakers to pass a law that would preserve abortion rights."
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-12% Liberal
"Casey has said he supports allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"If this draft opinion becomes the final opinion of the Court, I have serious concerns about what overturning almost 50 years of legal precedent will mean for women in states passing near or total bans on abortion, Casey said."
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-42% Liberal
"Casey responded to the leaked opinion in a statement Tuesday afternoon."
Positive
2% Conservative
"The other holdout who declined to sponsor the bill was Casey, who has throughout his political career described himself as a pro-life Democrat."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Casey has addressed his position as a pro-life Democrat before."
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-2% Liberal
"Casey and Manchin voted for it."
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-2% Liberal
"Casey, Manchin and Sen. Doug Jones, a Democrat from Alabama, voted for the bill."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Bob Casey is an outlier among his Democratic colleagues in the U.S. Senate."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"Looking at Casey's voting record from the lens of advocacy groups shows how split his stance has been."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Given the recent Supreme Court rulings, potential rulings this year, and the Republican Party's clear and unrelenting use of this issue as a political weapon, I will vote 'yes' to allow debate on this bill, Casey said in a statement ahead of the vote."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"Casey has said he supports allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Casey, however, did vote to begin debate on the act."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"However, Casey also has a history of voting with Republicans on some abortion issues."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Still, Casey's vote in favor of debate wasn't enough."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"If this draft opinion becomes the final opinion of the Court, I have serious concerns about what overturning almost 50 years of legal precedent will mean for women in states passing near or total bans on abortion, Casey said."
Negative
-22% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The policies that have reduced abortion the most have been wider access to health care, wider access to contraception, programs that support families."
45% : A look back at his statements and votes provide some insight into how he might respond if SCOTUS does vote to end constitutional protections for abortion.
44% : After the SCOTUS draft leaked, pro-choice advocates renewed calls for federal lawmakers to pass a law that would preserve abortion rights.
40% :Casey has said he supports allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest.
29% : "If this draft opinion becomes the final opinion of the Court, I have serious concerns about what overturning almost 50 years of legal precedent will mean for women in states passing near or total bans on abortion," Casey said.

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