PBS Article RatingKansas attorney general sues to block transgender people from changing sex on driver's licenses
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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 new law defines a person's sex as male or female, based on the biological reproductive system identified at birth, applying that definition to any state law or regulation." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Kelly is a strong supporter of LGBTQ+ rights and vetoed the measure, but the Republican-controlled Legislature overrode her." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Kelly won her first term as governor in 2018 by defeating Kobach, then the Kansas secretary of state." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "But Kelly's office aounced last week that the state health department, which handles birth certificates, and the motor vehicle division, which issues driver's licenses, will continue allowing transgender people to change the markers for sex on those documents." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Kelly settled the federal lawsuit months after taking office in January 2019, and a federal judge issued an order to enforce the settlement that requires the state to allow birth certificate changes." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "READ MORE: Transgender woman, bookstore, teacher sue over Montana law baing drag reading eventsAttorney General Kris Kobach went to a state court in hopes of getting an order to stop Gov. Laura Kelly and agencies under her control to stop allowing the changes to transgender people's licenses." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "The governor's statements about the new law are at odds with descriptions from LGBTQ+ rights advocates before the Republican-controlled Legislature enacted it over Kelly's veto." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
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46% : The new law defines a person's sex as male or female, based on the "biological reproductive system" identified at birth, applying that definition to any state law or regulation.*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.