Iowa law banning most abortions after about 6 weeks takes effect

Jul 14, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    70% 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.

Sentiments

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"The new measure will be considered in the context of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and Iowa's Supreme Court last year, when both reversed themselves on rulings that had affirmed a woman's fundamental constitutional right to abortion."
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"More than a dozen states have bans with limited exceptions and one state, Georgia, bans abortion after cardiac activity is detected."
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-6% Liberal
"That's a dramatic shift for Iowan women; abortion had been legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy."
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-12% Liberal
"There are limited circumstances under the measure that would allow for abortion after the point in a pregnancy where cardiac activity is detected: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported within 145 days; if the fetus has a fetal abnormality incompatible with life; or if the pregnancy is endangering the life of the pregnant woman."
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-12% Liberal
"The Iowa Supreme Court questioned whether this legislature would pass the same law they did in 2018, and today they have a clear answer, Reynolds said Tuesday in a statement."
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-8% Liberal
"Reynolds signed the measure into law in front of 2,000 conservative Christians barely a mile away from where a court hearing for the request to postpone the state's new ban took place."
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-10% Liberal
"The state's high court deadlocked last month, prompting Reynolds to call lawmakers back to the Iowa Capitol."
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-20% Liberal
"Iowa's ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy was signed into law Friday by Gov. Kim Reynolds, but a judge is still considering abortion advocates' request to put the restrictions on hold."
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-22% Liberal
"Those decisions prompted Reynolds to ask the court to reinstate her blocked 2018 law, which is nearly identical to the new one."
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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The new measure will be considered in the context of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and Iowa's Supreme Court last year, when both reversed themselves on rulings that had affirmed a woman's fundamental constitutional right to abortion.
47% : More than a dozen states have bans with limited exceptions and one state, Georgia, bans abortion after cardiac activity is detected.
44% : That's a dramatic shift for Iowan women; abortion had been legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
44% : There are limited circumstances under the measure that would allow for abortion after the point in a pregnancy where cardiac activity is detected: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported within 145 days; if the fetus has a fetal abnormality "incompatible with life"; or if the pregnancy is endangering the life of the pregnant woman.

*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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