Iowa Starting Line Article RatingNot just abortion: IVF ruling next phase in the right's war on reproductive freedom
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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 Life at Conception Act, uses a similar argument as the Alabama Supreme Court, declaring that life begins from the moment of conception." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Plaed Parenthood Votes Executive Director Jey Lawson issued a statement in response to Trump's supposed support of IVF as well, saying that the former president will say anything to get re-elected." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "How the Alabama Ruling Could Become a Big ProblemWhile the Alabama ruling does not explicitly ban IVF -- and could soon be preempted by state legislators who appear willing to pass IVF protections -- it's raised concerns among reproductive rights advocates that anti-choice groups and legislators will use it as a roadmap to target fertility treatments and reproductive rights in other states." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Trump said on his Truth Social platform, while simultaneously calling on the court to reverse the decision." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Despite Trump's attempts to distance himself from the ruling, the Alabama court directly cited the Dobbs decision -- in which the US Supreme Court overturned Roe -- in its IVF ruling, stating that it has the authority to rule in this way because of the Supreme Court's decision in 2022." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Plaed Parenthood Votes Executive Director Jey Lawson issued a statement in response to Trump's supposed support of IVF as well, saying that the former president will say anything to get re-elected." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Former President Donald Trump, the likely 2024 Republican presidential nominee, came out in support of IVF and sought to avoid being associated with the Alabama ruling, even though he appointed three of the US Supreme Court Justices who struck down Roe v. Wade, paving the path for the IVF ruling." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "In a 2016 sermon, Johnson claimed that no-fault divorce turned the United States into a completely amoral society." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "President Joe Biden responded to the Alabama ruling last week, calling the result outrageous and unacceptable." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "A number of politicians, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, have turned their attention to restricting no-fault divorce, or, a mutual split where neither party takes the blame for a marriage's dissolution." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "But while they were issuing their statements in support of IVF, 125 House Republicans-including House Speaker Mike Johnson-have backed a life at conception bill without any IVF exception, meaning the treatment would not be protected and could be baed nationwide." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "Trump, and Republicans across the country, saw the swift and immediate backlash to their hypocrisy -- and now he is ruing scared." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Trump said on his Truth Social platform, while simultaneously calling on the court to reverse the decision." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
55% : The "Life at Conception Act," uses a similar argument as the Alabama Supreme Court, declaring that life begins from the moment of conception.44% : "Planned Parenthood Votes Executive Director Jenny Lawson issued a statement in response to Trump's supposed support of IVF as well, saying that the former president "will say anything to get re-elected.
44% : How the Alabama Ruling Could Become a Big ProblemWhile the Alabama ruling does not explicitly ban IVF -- and could soon be preempted by state legislators who appear willing to pass IVF protections -- it's raised concerns among reproductive rights advocates that anti-choice groups and legislators will use it as a roadmap to target fertility treatments and reproductive rights in other states.
25% : Trump said on his Truth Social platform, while simultaneously calling on the court to reverse the decision.
*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.