Republican-led States Testing Abortion Limits

Apr 07, 2022 View Original Article
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    -12% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    78% Extremely Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    24% Negative

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  •   Conservative
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"While Oklahoma's is the most draconian, essentially baing all elective abortions from conception, all of these laws fly in the face of the undue burden standard that has been settled law for three decades, since Plaed Parenthood of Southeastern Pesylvania v. Casey substituted fetal viability* for the trimester framework established under Roe v Wade."
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-2% Liberal
"Republican-led states have passed several bills this year tightening restrictions on abortion, anticipating that the Supreme Court in the coming months could issue a decision weakening or eliminating constitutional protections established under Roe v. Wade in deciding a case from Mississippi."
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-10% Liberal
"Florida, Arizona and Kentucky each passed 15-week bans on abortion, mirroring the Mississippi law."
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-18% Liberal
"The Oklahoma bill bans abortion from the begiing of pregnancy except if the life of the mother is in danger."
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-34% Liberal
"WSJ (Oklahoma Legislature Passes Near-Total Ban on Abortion):Oklahoma's Legislature on Tuesday passed a near-total ban on abortion, one of the most sweeping bans passed this year as Republican-led states test the constitutional limits of abortion rights."
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-36% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : While Oklahoma's is the most draconian, essentially banning all elective abortions from conception, all of these laws fly in the face of the "undue burden" standard that has been "settled law" for three decades, since Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey substituted fetal viability* for the trimester framework established under Roe v Wade.
45% : Republican-led states have passed several bills this year tightening restrictions on abortion, anticipating that the Supreme Court in the coming months could issue a decision weakening or eliminating constitutional protections established under Roe v. Wade in deciding a case from Mississippi.
41% : Florida, Arizona and Kentucky each passed 15-week bans on abortion, mirroring the Mississippi law.
33% : The Oklahoma bill bans abortion from the beginning of pregnancy except if the life of the mother is in danger.
32% : WSJ ("Oklahoma Legislature Passes Near-Total Ban on Abortion"):Oklahoma's Legislature on Tuesday passed a near-total ban on abortion, one of the most sweeping bans passed this year as Republican-led states test the constitutional limits of abortion rights.

*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.

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