Judge temporarily halts new Iowa law on school books, gender identity teaching

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    -8% Center

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    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    20% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Sentiments

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-7% Negative

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"Judge Stephen H. Locher, of the U.S. District Court in Iowa's Southern District, in a ruling Friday halted parts of the law that prohibit books and curriculum with depictions of sex acts, as well as the prohibition on teaching gender identity or sexual orientation through sixth grade."
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"Calling it incredibly broad and wildly overbroad, a federal judge Friday temporarily halted the implementation of most of a new Iowa state law that bans school books and curriculum with depictions of sex acts and prohibits the teaching of gender identity and sexual orientation through sixth grade."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Judge Stephen H. Locher, of the U.S. District Court in Iowa's Southern District, in a ruling Friday halted parts of the law that prohibit books and curriculum with depictions of sex acts, as well as the prohibition on teaching gender identity or sexual orientation through sixth grade.
54% : Calling it "incredibly broad" and "wildly overbroad," a federal judge Friday temporarily halted the implementation of most of a new Iowa state law that bans school books and curriculum with depictions of sex acts and prohibits the teaching of gender identity and sexual orientation through sixth grade.

*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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