York Dispatch Article RatingSupreme Court seems likely to preserve access to abortion pill
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| "They referred to the Comstock Act, a rarely used, 151-year-old criminal law that has been revived by anti-abortion advocates seeking to block the delivery of mifepristone through the U.S. mail." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration's top Supreme Court lawyer, said the court should dismiss the case and make clear that anti-abortion doctors and organizations don't come within 100 miles of having standing." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Addressing Ellsworth, Thomas said the law is fairly broad, and it specifically covers drugs such as yours.Even if the court doesn't address the Comstock Act in its ruling, some abortion rights advocates fear that a future administration that favors abortion restrictions could invoke the law to roll back access to mifepristone." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Health care providers have said that if mifepristone is no longer available or is too hard to obtain, they would switch to using only misoprostol, which is somewhat less effective in ending pregnancies." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Comstock Act concerns: In arguments highly focused on technical legal issues, Alito and Thomas asked some of the few questions Tuesday on the substance of the case, including about sending mifepristone through the mail." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancyMORE: Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancyConsequences: That ruling had immediate political consequences, and the outcome in the current case, expected by early summer, could affect races for Congress and the White House." | Negative | -64% Liberal |
| "Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration's top Supreme Court lawyer, said the court should dismiss the case and make clear that anti-abortion doctors and organizations don't come within 100 miles of having standing." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Her husband, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, and one of their children were in the courtroom to watch her first arguments." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Biden appointee who joined the court just after the last abortion case, signaled her agreement with some of those arguments when she asked Jessica Ellsworth, Danco's lawyer." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "President Joe Biden's administration and drug manufacturers warn that such an outcome also could undermine the FDA's drug approval process more widely by inviting judges to second-guess the agency's scientific judgments." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh are former President Donald Trump's three Supreme Court appointees." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh are former President Donald Trump's three Supreme Court appointees." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh are former President Donald Trump's three Supreme Court appointees." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancyMORE: Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancyConsequences: That ruling had immediate political consequences, and the outcome in the current case, expected by early summer, could affect races for Congress and the White House." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancyMORE: Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancyConsequences: That ruling had immediate political consequences, and the outcome in the current case, expected by early summer, could affect races for Congress and the White House." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
53% : They referred to the Comstock Act, a rarely used, 151-year-old criminal law that has been revived by anti-abortion advocates seeking to block the delivery of mifepristone through the U.S. mail.52% : Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration's top Supreme Court lawyer, said the court should dismiss the case and make clear that anti-abortion doctors and organizations don't "come within 100 miles" of having standing.
51% : Addressing Ellsworth, Thomas said the law is "fairly broad, and it specifically covers drugs such as yours."Even if the court doesn't address the Comstock Act in its ruling, some abortion rights advocates fear that a future administration that favors abortion restrictions could invoke the law to roll back access to mifepristone.
43% : Health care providers have said that if mifepristone is no longer available or is too hard to obtain, they would switch to using only misoprostol, which is somewhat less effective in ending pregnancies.
33% : Comstock Act concerns: In arguments highly focused on technical legal issues, Alito and Thomas asked some of the few questions Tuesday on the substance of the case, including about sending mifepristone through the mail.
18% : Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancyMORE: Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancyConsequences: That ruling had immediate political consequences, and the outcome in the current case, expected by early summer, could affect races for Congress and the White House.
*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.