The Atlantic Article RatingI'm Pro-Life. I Worry That the Abortion-Pill Ruling Could Backfire.
Apr 08, 2023 View Original Article
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| "Otherwise, all of the debates will continue to focus on the difficult edge cases that keep anti-abortion forces on the back foot." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, an umbrella group of pro-life doctors and health-care professionals, sued the FDA over whether mifepristone should have been approved in the first place." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "In just the past year, abortion-rights advocates in North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Carolina have persuaded state supreme courts to find various rights to abortion in state constitutions." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "When it comes to slowing demand for abortion and curbing the supply of drugs and procedures that accomplish it, pro-life activists can walk and chew gum at the same time." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "But some new government action is necessary to take seriously the economic and social costs of parenthood that drive many women toward abortion." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "But if left unaccompanied by broader policy changes, it could lengthen the odds of creating a legal and cultural climate in which abortion is both less accessible and less sought-after." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "But the pro-life movement caot rely on legal wins to save itself from the need to make a politically convincing case that abortion is not only immoral but uecessary." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Pro-life intellectuals and activists have long espoused the ultimate goal of making abortion not just illegal, but unthinkable." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Meanwhile, purists in places like my home state of South Carolina eschewed compromise for bills that were not only political long shots, but in fact detrimental to the cause (if not immoral), such as the infamous legislation that would have made women who procure an abortion eligible for the death penalty." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "But undermining the narrative that says women need to rely on abortion to ensure full participation in society or to maintain their physical or mental health will require a meaningful political and rhetorical pivot from many more who want to see abortion reduced or eliminated." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Many, like Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, tweeted in recognition of Good Friday." | Positive | 38% Conservative |
| "In an interview on Friday night, Mr. Inslee said he was confident that even if the Texas order were upheld, and even if the Washington ruling were overturned, we have the right under our state law to dispense the product." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "The state went through the Department of Corrections, using its pharmacy license, rather than the Department of Health, Mr. Inslee said, because existing laws and rules made it easier to buy the medication that way." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Republican of Mississippi, was an exception, writing on Twitter that the abortion ruling was a victory for pregnant mothers & their unborn children." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Let's be clear: Abortion bans have become the definitive litmus test of the 2024 GOP primary, Jaime Harrison, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, tweeted." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "In a statement, the co-chairs of the Democratic Attorneys General Association, Kathy Jeings of Delaware and Aaron Ford of Nevada, said: While there are still unknown elements and effects of these rulings, rest assured: Democratic attorneys general will be on the front lines of the fight to protect abortion access in every corner of our country.Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington, a Democrat, offered a specific plan earlier this week." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "In a statement, the co-chairs of the Democratic Attorneys General Association, Kathy Jeings of Delaware and Aaron Ford of Nevada, said: While there are still unknown elements and effects of these rulings, rest assured: Democratic attorneys general will be on the front lines of the fight to protect abortion access in every corner of our country.Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington, a Democrat, offered a specific plan earlier this week." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The Extreme MAGA Republican assault on abortion care is spreading across America like a malignant tumor, Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic House minority leader, wrote on Twitter." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "In Idaho: A law signed by Gov. Brad Little made it illegal for minors to leave the state to get an abortion without parental consent." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Several Democratic governors, including Gavin Newsom of California, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Kathy Hochul of New York, vowed to keep abortion legal and accessible in their states, without going into detail on how." | Negative | -64% Liberal |
| "Several Democratic governors, including Gavin Newsom of California, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Kathy Hochul of New York, vowed to keep abortion legal and accessible in their states, without going into detail on how." | Negative | -64% Liberal |
| "Several Democratic governors, including Gavin Newsom of California, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Kathy Hochul of New York, vowed to keep abortion legal and accessible in their states, without going into detail on how." | Negative | -64% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
60% : Otherwise, all of the debates will continue to focus on the difficult edge cases that keep anti-abortion forces on the back foot.45% : The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, an umbrella group of pro-life doctors and health-care professionals, sued the FDA over whether mifepristone should have been approved in the first place.
45% : In just the past year, abortion-rights advocates in North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Carolina have persuaded state supreme courts to find various "rights to abortion" in state constitutions.
45% : When it comes to slowing demand for abortion and curbing the supply of drugs and procedures that accomplish it, pro-life activists can walk and chew gum at the same time.
45% : But some new government action is necessary to take seriously the economic and social costs of parenthood that drive many women toward abortion.
43% : But if left unaccompanied by broader policy changes, it could lengthen the odds of creating a legal and cultural climate in which abortion is both less accessible and less sought-after.
42% : But the pro-life movement cannot rely on legal wins to save itself from the need to make a politically convincing case that abortion is not only immoral but unnecessary.
42% :Pro-life intellectuals and activists have long espoused the ultimate goal of making abortion "not just illegal, but unthinkable."
41% : Meanwhile, purists in places like my home state of South Carolina eschewed compromise for bills that were not only political long shots, but in fact detrimental to the cause (if not immoral), such as the infamous legislation that would have made women who procure an abortion eligible for the death penalty.
40% : But undermining the narrative that says women need to rely on abortion to ensure full participation in society or to maintain their physical or mental health will require a meaningful political and rhetorical pivot from many more who want to see abortion reduced or eliminated.
*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.