Orlando Sentinel Article RatingTexas barred abortion for a fetus with a fatal diagnosis. Does Florida law do the same?
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44% Moderately Conservative
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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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| "Cox has now traveled out of Texas to have the procedure in another state." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Prabhakaran said he knows several Florida physicians who have erred on the side of caution and sent patients out of state for the procedure in these situations." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys sayUnlike Texas, which offers an exception based only on the health of the mother, Florida's law also contains an exemption for a fatal fetal abnormality, defined in the bill's text as a condition that doctors determine will result in death at birth or immediately after." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "More than 20 sponsors and co-sponsors of the 2022 15-week bill in the Florida House and Senate did not respond by deadline to emailed questions from the Orlando Sentinel about what circumstances should qualify for a medical exemption under current state law." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Cox's lawsuit last week marked the first time someone has sued for permission to have an abortion since federal protections for the procedure were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "In 2022, Florida passed a 15-week abortion ban, still in effect today, though Plaed Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida is challenging this ban." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Trisomy 18 is generally fatal, but the term fatal fetal abnormality is not a clinical one, and the law does not provide specific examples of what conditions qualify." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Physicians at Plaed Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida have seen patients forced to carry potentially risky pregnancies to term in the 18 months since the 15-week cutoff has been in effect, said Barbara A. Zdravecky, interim CEO for Plaed Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
52% : Cox has now traveled out of Texas to have the procedure in another state.50% : Prabhakaran said he knows several Florida physicians who have erred on the side of caution and sent patients out of state for the procedure in these situations.
45% : Texas woman who sought court permission for abortion leaves state for the procedure, attorneys sayUnlike Texas, which offers an exception based only on the health of the mother, Florida's law also contains an exemption for a "fatal fetal abnormality," defined in the bill's text as a condition that doctors determine will result in death at birth or immediately after.
44% : More than 20 sponsors and co-sponsors of the 2022 15-week bill in the Florida House and Senate did not respond by deadline to emailed questions from the Orlando Sentinel about what circumstances should qualify for a medical exemption under current state law.
40% : Cox's lawsuit last week marked the first time someone has sued for permission to have an abortion since federal protections for the procedure were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022.
40% : In 2022, Florida passed a 15-week abortion ban, still in effect today, though Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida is challenging this ban.
37% : Trisomy 18 is generally fatal, but the term "fatal fetal abnormality" is not a clinical one, and the law does not provide specific examples of what conditions qualify.
30% : Physicians at Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida have seen patients forced to carry potentially risky pregnancies to term in the 18 months since the 15-week cutoff has been in effect, said Barbara A. Zdravecky, interim CEO for Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida.
*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.