Some safe havens could be hit hard by new abortion pill ruling

Apr 14, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -12% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    28% 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.

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"A federal judge in Texas on Friday ordered a hold on the U.S. approval of the abortion medication mifepristone, throwing into question access to the nation's most common method of abortion in a ruling that waved aside decades of scientific approval."
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-6% Liberal
"On Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new law baing abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, but it won't take effect unless a court upholds the state's current 15-week ban."
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-20% Liberal
"For the 13 states with bans on abortion at all stages of pregnancy and the one with a ban on abortion after cardiac activity can be detected, the ruling will change little in abortion policy."
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-38% Liberal
"Julia Spiegel, the deputy legal affairs secretary to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, said the state is still assessing the full impact of the 5th Circuit's ruling, but said it does affirm that mifepristone is legal, and that it will remain available in California."
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"President Joe Biden's administration and a drug manufacturer on Friday appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to restore full access to mifepristone."
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-8% Liberal
"New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has said he's considering doing so."
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-14% Liberal
"On Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new law baing abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, but it won't take effect unless a court upholds the state's current 15-week ban."
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-8% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : A federal judge in Texas on Friday ordered a hold on the U.S. approval of the abortion medication mifepristone, throwing into question access to the nation's most common method of abortion in a ruling that waved aside decades of scientific approval.
40% : On Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, but it won't take effect unless a court upholds the state's current 15-week ban.
31% : For the 13 states with bans on abortion at all stages of pregnancy and the one with a ban on abortion after cardiac activity can be detected, the ruling will change little in abortion policy.

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