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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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| "On Tuesday, voters approved language that would explicitly guarantee access to abortion and contraception in the state constitution." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Nationally, about two-thirds of voters say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of over 90,000 voters across the country." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "California already had passed several measures aimed at easing access to abortion and set aside millions of taxpayer dollars to help pay for some out-of-state abortion travel." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Stewart is a registered Republican and opposed to abortion, but still voted no on the amendment." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "The Tuesday ballot measures came months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion it guaranteed to women nationwide." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "There's a lot of energy for Prop 3 on campus right now, whether you agree with abortion or not, Roberts said." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "It also affirms the right to make pregnancy-related decisions about abortion and other reproductive services such as birth control without interference." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Washington - Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in their state's constitution - joining Democratic California and Vermont in taking that step." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "It puts a definitive end to a 1931 ban on abortion that had been blocked in court but could have been revived." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Al Smith, 83, voted yes: I don't believe in abortion at all, not for any circumstance, he said." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Only about 1 in 10 say abortion should be illegal in all cases." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Michelle Groesser, of Swartz Creek, Michigan, said she opposes abortion, even though she believes that any ban likely would have some narrow exceptions." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "James Miller, 66, of Flint, Michigan, said he thought of his daughters, granddaughters and great-granddaughters when he voted in favor of the measure." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "At a elementary school in Simpsonville, a small town outside of Louisville, 71-year-old voter Jim Stewart said he voted for Paul, calling him the only one on TV making sense." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Initial returns indicated that thousands of Kentucky voters who backed GOP Sen. Rand Paul for reelection opposed the abortion amendment." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
49% : On Tuesday, voters approved language that would explicitly guarantee access to abortion and contraception in the state constitution.48% : Nationally, about two-thirds of voters say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of over 90,000 voters across the country.
46% :California already had passed several measures aimed at easing access to abortion and set aside millions of taxpayer dollars to help pay for some out-of-state abortion travel.
45% :Stewart is a registered Republican and opposed to abortion, but still voted no on the amendment.
44% : The Tuesday ballot measures came months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion it guaranteed to women nationwide.
44% : "There's a lot of energy for Prop 3 on campus right now, whether you agree with abortion or not," Roberts said.
43% : It also affirms the right to make pregnancy-related decisions about abortion and other reproductive services such as birth control without interference.
40% : Washington - Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in their state's constitution - joining Democratic California and Vermont in taking that step.
40% : It puts a definitive end to a 1931 ban on abortion that had been blocked in court but could have been revived.
39% :Al Smith, 83, voted yes: "I don't believe in abortion at all, not for any circumstance," he said.
30% : Only about 1 in 10 say abortion should be illegal in all cases.
30% :Michelle Groesser, of Swartz Creek, Michigan, said she opposes abortion, even though she believes that any ban likely would have some narrow exceptions.
*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.