Roe v Wade Decision: What does Supreme Court abortion ruling mean for New York, New Jersey, Conn.

Jun 25, 2022 View Original Article
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  • Policy Leaning

    82% Extremely Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    20% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"One aims to let a wider range of medical providers perform the most common type of abortion."
Positive
8% Conservative
"NEW YORKPolitical control: The Democrats who control the New York Legislature support access to abortion, as does the state's Democratic governor."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Background: Abortion has been legal in New York state since a 1970 law was passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"What's next: Plaed Parenthood and civil liberty groups are urging lawmakers to start the process of passing a constitutional amendment protecting access to abortion care in case a future Legislature repeals the state law."
Negative
-4% Liberal
"Tri-State reacts to Supreme Court overturning Roe v. WadeCONNECTICUTPolitical control: Democrats who control the Coecticut General Assembly support access to abortion, as does the state's Democratic governor."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"New Jersey doesn't have any significant restrictions on abortion, such as parental consent or a mandatory waiting period."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Background: Coecticut passed a law in 1990 giving women the legal right to abortion."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"There's discussion of possibly amending the state's constitution to enshrine the right to abortion, making it more difficult to overturn, but that would be a multi-year process."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"The 2019 Reproductive Health Act removed abortion from the state's criminal code, codified Roe v. Wade and allowed abortions after 24 weeks if a fetus isn't viable or to protect the mother's life or health."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Under Murphy's predecessor, Republican Chris Christie, state funds to women's clinics, including Plaed Parenthood, were slashed."
Negative
-42% Liberal
"Gov. Phil Murphy started his second consecutive term this year."
Positive
24% Conservative
"This year, Gov. Ned Lamont signed legislation to protect medical providers and patients from out-of-state legal actions."
Positive
14% Conservative
"Murphy restored those and has been a strong supporter of abortion rights."
Positive
12% Conservative
"Background: To pre-empt a possible Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe v. Wade, Murphy ran for reelection on the promise that he would sign legislation to enshrine abortion rights into state law, and he fulfilled that promise in January."
Positive
2% Conservative
"What's next: Murphy has proposed a host of new abortion-related measures, but the Legislature has not taken them up yet."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Instead of hoping for the best, we prepared ourselves for the worst, Murphy said in May, addressing reports of a leaked draft of a Supreme Court ruling"
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Under Murphy's predecessor, Republican Chris Christie, state funds to women's clinics, including Plaed Parenthood, were slashed."
Negative
-24% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : One aims to let a wider range of medical providers perform the most common type of abortion.
48% :NEW YORKPolitical control: The Democrats who control the New York Legislature support access to abortion, as does the state's Democratic governor.
48% : Background: Abortion has been legal in New York state since a 1970 law was passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller.
48% : What's next: Planned Parenthood and civil liberty groups are urging lawmakers to start the process of passing a constitutional amendment protecting access to abortion care in case a future Legislature repeals the state law.
45% : Tri-State reacts to Supreme Court overturning Roe v. WadeCONNECTICUTPolitical control: Democrats who control the Connecticut General Assembly support access to abortion, as does the state's Democratic governor.
44% : New Jersey doesn't have any significant restrictions on abortion, such as parental consent or a mandatory waiting period.
43% : The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion.
42% : Background: Connecticut passed a law in 1990 giving women the legal right to abortion.
41% : There's discussion of possibly amending the state's constitution to enshrine the right to abortion, making it more difficult to overturn, but that would be a multi-year process.
38% : The 2019 Reproductive Health Act removed abortion from the state's criminal code, codified Roe v. Wade and allowed abortions after 24 weeks if a fetus isn't viable or to protect the mother's life or health.
29% : Under Murphy's predecessor, Republican Chris Christie, state funds to women's clinics, including Planned Parenthood, were slashed.

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