UPI Article RatingIowa Supreme court overturns state constitutional right to abortion
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| "The decision reverses a 2018 state Supreme Court decision that affirmed a state constitutional right to abortion." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "In Friday's decision overturning that right to abortion, Iowa Supreme Court Justice Edward Mansfield wrote, Although we overrule (the 2018 decision), and thus reject the proposition that there is a fundamental right to an abortion in Iowa's Constitution subjecting abortion regulation to strict scrutiny, we do not at this time decide what constitutional standard should replace it." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Today's ruling is a step backwards for Iowa, Democratic state Rep. Jeifer Konfrst said." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Chief Justice Susan Christensen, who was also appointed by Gov. Reynolds, dissented from the ruling, stating that the majority overturned the court's previous precedent at the first opportunity it had." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "This decision was made possible by Gov. Kim Reynolds' addition of Republican justices to the court -- nothing more, nothing less, wrote Slate senior writer Mark Joseph Stern." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The reason for the reversal, which was aounced on Friday, appears to only have happened because four justices, nominated by anti-abortion Gov. Kim Reynolds (R), were placed on the state's highest bench over the past five years." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
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42% : The decision reverses a 2018 state Supreme Court decision that affirmed a state constitutional right to abortion.39% : In Friday's decision overturning that right to abortion, Iowa Supreme Court Justice Edward Mansfield wrote, "Although we overrule (the 2018 decision), and thus reject the proposition that there is a fundamental right to an abortion in Iowa's Constitution subjecting abortion regulation to strict scrutiny, we do not at this time decide what constitutional standard should replace it.
*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.