Oklahoma Legislature passes bill banning abortions after 'fertilization'

May 20, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    22% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    34% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    44% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

N/A

  •   Liberal
  •   Conservative
SentenceSentimentBias
"The Oklahoma's House of Representatives approved the measure by a vote of 73-16, and it now heads to the desk of Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has previously pledged to sign every piece of legislation limiting abortion that reaches his desk."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"The legislation is among the nation's strictest bills on abortion."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Alexis McGill-Johnson, the president and CEO of Plaed Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement Thursday that, should Stitt sign the bill, Oklahoma will be the first state in the country to completely outlaw abortion -- even while Roe still stands.What little abortion access is left in the state will be gone, and the crisis faced by Oklahoma patients and those that depend on access in the state will worsen, she said, adding that the group would mount a legal challenge to the ban if it's signed into law."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"HB 4327 prohibits abortions at any point of pregnancy, with exceptions for medical emergencies or if the pregnancy was a result of rape, sexual assault or incest and reported to law enforcement."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Earlier this month, a leaked draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito showed that the conservative-majority court was poised to overturn Roe, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide."
Negative
-50% Liberal
"The Oklahoma's House of Representatives approved the measure by a vote of 73-16, and it now heads to the desk of Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has previously pledged to sign every piece of legislation limiting abortion that reaches his desk."
Positive
0% Conservative
"This year alone, Stitt has signed into law two controversial abortion measures, including one that is modeled after a Texas abortion law that allows private citizens to take civil action against abortion providers to enforce the law."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Alexis McGill-Johnson, the president and CEO of Plaed Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement Thursday that, should Stitt sign the bill, Oklahoma will be the first state in the country to completely outlaw abortion -- even while Roe still stands.What little abortion access is left in the state will be gone, and the crisis faced by Oklahoma patients and those that depend on access in the state will worsen, she said, adding that the group would mount a legal challenge to the ban if it's signed into law."
Negative
-6% Liberal

Bias Meter

Extremely
Liberal

Very
Liberal

Moderately
Liberal

Somewhat Liberal

Center

Somewhat Conservative

Moderately
Conservative

Very
Conservative

Extremely
Conservative

-100%
Liberal

100%
Conservative

Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The Oklahoma's House of Representatives approved the measure by a vote of 73-16, and it now heads to the desk of Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has previously pledged to sign every piece of legislation limiting abortion that reaches his desk.
43% :The legislation is among the nation's strictest bills on abortion.
43% : Alexis McGill-Johnson, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement Thursday that, should Stitt sign the bill, "Oklahoma will be the first state in the country to completely outlaw abortion -- even while Roe still stands.""What little abortion access is left in the state will be gone, and the crisis faced by Oklahoma patients and those that depend on access in the state will worsen," she said, adding that the group would mount a legal challenge to the ban if it's signed into law.
39% : HB 4327 prohibits abortions at any point of pregnancy, with exceptions for medical emergencies or if the pregnancy was a result of rape, sexual assault or incest and reported to law enforcement.
25% : Earlier this month, a leaked draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito showed that the conservative-majority court was poised to overturn Roe, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide.

*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.

Copy link