KCUR 89.3 | NPR Kansas City Article RatingMissouri voters likely won't see abortion legalization ballot question until November
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12% Somewhat Conservative
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65% ReliableFair
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34% Moderately Conservative
- Politician Portrayal
48% Negative
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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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| "However, it's closer to my position than this current law in Missouri, which is again among among the most draconian in the country,' Kondik said." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "But putting the abortion measure in August would effectively doom an effort in the Missouri legislature to sequence a separate ballot item making it harder to amend the state constitution." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Some Democrats have theorized that the issue may hurt GOP candidates, such as presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, in closely divided states." | Negative | -56% Liberal |
| "Regarding the abortion measure, Governor Parson is a strong and proven pro-life governor, Shiflett said." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "But he added that Parson wants all options, primary or general elections, available to him when scheduling elections for any of the initiative petitions being circulated." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "I'm very pro-life, said state Sen. Dey Hoskins, who is one of eight GOP candidates ruing for secretary of state." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Barring a reversal from Ashcroft on using random sampling, the abortion initiative would likely appear on the November general election ballot unless Parson schedules a special statewide election beforehand." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "All three major Republican candidates for governor -- Ashcroft, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe and Sen. Bill Eigel -- oppose abortion rights." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Gov. Mike Parson's spokesman, Johnathan Shiflett, said: No decisions have been made as we have no way of knowing which petitions will be certified or not at this point." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Some Democrats have theorized that the issue may hurt GOP candidates, such as presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, in closely divided states." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
52% : However, it's closer to my position than this current law in Missouri, which is again among among the most draconian in the country,'" Kondik said.46% : "But putting the abortion measure in August would effectively doom an effort in the Missouri legislature to sequence a separate ballot item making it harder to amend the state constitution.
22% : Some Democrats have theorized that the issue may hurt GOP candidates, such as presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, in closely divided states.
*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.