Michigan women fight to preserve abortion, 1 chat at a time

Oct 01, 2022 View Original Article
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  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    82% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"With anti-abortion protesters outside the building audible inside the hearing room, the board split along party lines, with two Republicans voting no and two Democrats voting yes."
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12% Conservative
"The race for governor already has centered around abortion."
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-6% Liberal
"Greta Carnes, who led the effort for Buttigieg's campaign, said it is particularly effective in turning out suburban women and on the often sensitive and personal issue of abortion."
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-10% Liberal
"But I feel strongly about abortion, said Mary A Messano-Gadula."
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-22% Liberal
"Especially on an issue like abortion, we can't just have activists knocking on doors, Carnes said."
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-36% Liberal
"Talking about abortion, on the other hand, was a bit like saying the word Voldemort -- the name that characters in the Harry Potter books fear would bring great danger if uttered."
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-38% Liberal
"Republican Tudor Dixon, who opposes abortion except to save the life of the mother, has criticized Whitmer for supporting abortion without limits, and suggested voters who support the constitutional amendment could vote in favor of it and still support her campaign for governor."
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-64% Liberal
"The model, known as relational organizing, was used successfully by candidates such as Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, who won a runoff election to help Democrats win control of the U.S. Senate, and Pete Buttigieg, who went from little-known mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to a top candidate for the party's 2020 presidential nomination."
Positive
8% Conservative
"Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed a lawsuit prior to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling seeking to overturn the 1931 ban and said she will continue using every tool in my toolbox to fight like hell for women and health care providers."
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-20% Liberal
"It was also among the states where former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to overturn his 2020 loss to Joe Biden, falsely claiming the election was stolen."
Positive
0% Conservative
"It was also among the states where former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to overturn his 2020 loss to Joe Biden, falsely claiming the election was stolen."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Republican Tudor Dixon, who opposes abortion except to save the life of the mother, has criticized Whitmer for supporting abortion without limits, and suggested voters who support the constitutional amendment could vote in favor of it and still support her campaign for governor."
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-26% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : With anti-abortion protesters outside the building audible inside the hearing room, the board split along party lines, with two Republicans voting no and two Democrats voting yes.
47% : The race for governor already has centered around abortion.
45% : Greta Carnes, who led the effort for Buttigieg's campaign, said it is particularly effective in turning out suburban women and on the often sensitive and personal issue of abortion.
39% : "But I feel strongly about abortion," said Mary Ann Messano-Gadula.
32% :"Especially on an issue like abortion, we can't just have activists" knocking on doors, Carnes said.
31% : Talking about abortion, on the other hand, was a bit like saying the word "Voldemort" -- the name that characters in the "Harry Potter" books fear would bring great danger if uttered.
18% : Republican Tudor Dixon, who opposes abortion except to save the life of the mother, has criticized Whitmer for supporting abortion without limits, and suggested voters who support the constitutional amendment could vote in favor of it and still support her campaign for governor.

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