The Colorado Sun Article RatingMichael Bennet becomes the latest Colorado Democrat to attack their Republican opponent over abortion
Aug 18, 2022 View Original Article
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| "I've been very transparent, very open about my position on abortion, Kirkmeyer said." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "O'Dea has touted support from anti-abortion advocates and called himself pro-life." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Justin Lamorte, Beet's campaign manager, said abortion-rights advocates know the choice for U.S. Senate is not even close, touting the senator's endorsements from groups like Plaed Parenthood." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "As a news piece, this article cites verifiable, third-party sources which have all been thoroughly fact-checked and deemed credible by the Newsroom.×closeJoe O'Dea, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Colorado, has a more moderate stance on abortion than many others in his party." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Still, Democrats see O'Dea's stance on abortion as an area of weakness heading into the November election, as highlighted by a new television ad unveiled Thursday by Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Beet, O'Dea's opponent." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Asked recently how the GOP plans to speak to voters on abortion, Colorado GOP Chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown sidestepped the question." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "People know who I am.Laura Chapin, a spokeswoman for the abortion rights group Cobalt, laughed when told Republicans think abortion won't be a deciding issue for voters in November." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "A ballot measure restricting abortion may not be on the Colorado ballot in November as it was recently in Kansas, where voters turned out en masse to reject a proposal to remove abortion protections from the state constitution, but Chapin points out that Republican candidates who opposed the abortion-access bill passed by the state legislature this year, called the Reproductive Health Equity Act, are." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "But Weiser and fellow Democrats criticized Kellner for his response -- or lack thereof -- to a lightning-round question during the forum about whether he supports a woman's right to access abortion." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "And while restricting abortion may not be central to the Colorado GOP's platform this year, there are individual Republicans ruing for office for whom the issue is front and center." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Another contest where abortion is taking center stage is in the attorney general's race." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Colorado House Minority Leader Hugh McKean, for instance, refused to say during a meeting with reporters after the legislative session whether his Republican caucus would attempt to limit or ban abortion in the state if they win a majority in November." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "The Beet ad harkens back to former U.S. Sen. Mark Udall's 2014 unsuccessful reelection bid, where the Democrat highlighted then-U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner's opposition to abortion." | Negative | -84% Liberal |
| "Beet supports legislation prohibiting government restrictions on abortion access, according to his campaign, including the Women's Health Protection Act." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "I've been very transparent, very open about my position on abortion, Kirkmeyer said." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Justin Lamorte, Beet's campaign manager, said abortion-rights advocates know the choice for U.S. Senate is not even close, touting the senator's endorsements from groups like Plaed Parenthood." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Udall's focus on the issue aimed to draw in women voters, but it also earned him the derisive nickname Mark Uterus from Republicans." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Still, Democrats see O'Dea's stance on abortion as an area of weakness heading into the November election, as highlighted by a new television ad unveiled Thursday by Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Beet, O'Dea's opponent." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "While Gardner's abortion opposition was fairly clear, O'Dea, who was paed by some Republicans during the U.S. Senate primary for being too weak on the issue, has left some notable gaps in his stance." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Eighteen of the 39 Republicans in the state House and Senate signed a letter criticizing Democratic Gov. Jared Polis' recent executive order blocking Colorado's state entites from cooperating with abortion investigations initiated in other states." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "That includes Reps. Matt Soper of Delta and Stephanie Luck of Penrose and Sens. Kevin Priola of Henderson and Deis Hisey of Colorado Springs." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "That includes Reps. Matt Soper of Delta and Stephanie Luck of Penrose and Sens. Kevin Priola of Henderson and Deis Hisey of Colorado Springs." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "That includes Reps. Matt Soper of Delta and Stephanie Luck of Penrose and Sens. Kevin Priola of Henderson and Deis Hisey of Colorado Springs." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "That includes Reps. Matt Soper of Delta and Stephanie Luck of Penrose and Sens. Kevin Priola of Henderson and Deis Hisey of Colorado Springs." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "While women voted for Udall, a lower percentage of women showed up at the polls, and men voted even more strongly for Gardner, allowing the Republican to defeat the incumbent." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "While women voted for Udall, a lower percentage of women showed up at the polls, and men voted even more strongly for Gardner, allowing the Republican to defeat the incumbent." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The ad, which will run for two weeks across the state, is Beet's first one attacking O'Dea." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "In the 8th Congressional District, state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, the Republican nominee, believes abortions should be baed except when the life of a mother is at risk." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Her Democratic opponent, state Rep. Yadira Caraveo, is making that position a key line of attack heading into November." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "And Gardner, who helped put the justices on the Supreme Court who overturned Roe v. Wade, lost to Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper in 2020." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "And Gardner, who helped put the justices on the Supreme Court who overturned Roe v. Wade, lost to Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper in 2020." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Colorado House Minority Leader Hugh McKean, for instance, refused to say during a meeting with reporters after the legislative session whether his Republican caucus would attempt to limit or ban abortion in the state if they win a majority in November." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The new Beet ad features five women discussing their shock about the Roe v. Wade decision and highlighting the different abortion stances held by O'Dea and Beet." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "The new Beet ad features five women discussing their shock about the Roe v. Wade decision and highlighting the different abortion stances held by O'Dea and Beet." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "The Denver Post endorsed Gardner in 2014, writing contrary to Udall's tedious refrain, Gardner's election would pose no threat to abortion rights." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The Denver Post endorsed Gardner in 2014, writing contrary to Udall's tedious refrain, Gardner's election would pose no threat to abortion rights." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The Denver Post endorsed Gardner in 2014, writing contrary to Udall's tedious refrain, Gardner's election would pose no threat to abortion rights." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The Beet ad harkens back to former U.S. Sen. Mark Udall's 2014 unsuccessful reelection bid, where the Democrat highlighted then-U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner's opposition to abortion." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "The Beet ad harkens back to former U.S. Sen. Mark Udall's 2014 unsuccessful reelection bid, where the Democrat highlighted then-U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner's opposition to abortion." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "The Beet ad harkens back to former U.S. Sen. Mark Udall's 2014 unsuccessful reelection bid, where the Democrat highlighted then-U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner's opposition to abortion." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
52% :"I've been very transparent, very open about my position on abortion," Kirkmeyer said.50% : O'Dea has touted support from anti-abortion advocates and called himself "pro-life."
49% : Justin Lamorte, Bennet's campaign manager, said abortion-rights advocates "know the choice for U.S. Senate is not even close," touting the senator's endorsements from groups like Planned Parenthood.
48% : As a news piece, this article cites verifiable, third-party sources which have all been thoroughly fact-checked and deemed credible by the Newsroom.×closeJoe O'Dea, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Colorado, has a more moderate stance on abortion than many others in his party.
42% : Still, Democrats see O'Dea's stance on abortion as an area of weakness heading into the November election, as highlighted by a new television ad unveiled Thursday by Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, O'Dea's opponent.
42% :Asked recently how the GOP plans to speak to voters on abortion, Colorado GOP Chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown sidestepped the question.
42% : People know who I am."Laura Chapin, a spokeswoman for the abortion rights group Cobalt, laughed when told Republicans think abortion won't be a deciding issue for voters in November.
41% : A ballot measure restricting abortion may not be on the Colorado ballot in November as it was recently in Kansas, where voters turned out en masse to reject a proposal to remove abortion protections from the state constitution, but Chapin points out that Republican candidates who opposed the abortion-access bill passed by the state legislature this year, called the Reproductive Health Equity Act, are.
40% : But Weiser and fellow Democrats criticized Kellner for his response -- or lack thereof -- to a lightning-round question during the forum about whether he supports a woman's right to access abortion.
35% : And while restricting abortion may not be central to the Colorado GOP's platform this year, there are individual Republicans running for office for whom the issue is front and center.
34% :Another contest where abortion is taking center stage is in the attorney general's race.
30% :Colorado House Minority Leader Hugh McKean, for instance, refused to say during a meeting with reporters after the legislative session whether his Republican caucus would attempt to limit or ban abortion in the state if they win a majority in November.
8% : The Bennet ad harkens back to former U.S. Sen. Mark Udall's 2014 unsuccessful reelection bid, where the Democrat highlighted then-U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner's opposition to abortion.
*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.