Trump says U.S. states should determine abortion law; no mention of national ban

Apr 08, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    48% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    86% Extremely Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    98% 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

29% Positive

  •   Conservative
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"Now it's up to the states to do the right thing, Trump said."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, Trump said."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Trump, who had previously signaled support for a national abortion ban beyond 15 weeks, emphasized the importance of wiing at the ballot box in his widely anticipated statement on the issue."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Trump took credit for the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision and ending a federal right to abortion, alluding to his conservative picks for the U.S. high court that made it possible."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday said abortion laws should be determined by U.S. states, stopping short of proposing a national ban and choosing a more moderate stance heading into November's general election."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"But remember, you must also win elections to restore our culture and in fact, to save our country, which is currently and very sadly, a nation in decline, Trump said in the video."
Negative
-44% Liberal
"Donald Trump is endorsing every single abortion ban in the states, including abortion bans with no exceptions."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"Since launching his campaign in late 2022, Trump has largely shied away from the topic of abortion, reflecting the Republican Party's struggles to articulate a message to reduce the political fallout from the Supreme Court's ruling."
Negative
-54% Liberal
"And he's bragging about his role in creating this hellscape, Ammar Moussa, director of rapid response for the Biden campaign, wrote on the X social media platform on Monday."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Now it's up to the states to do the right thing, Trump said."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, Trump said."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"With Roe v. Wade overturned, leaving abortion to the states is his way of punting on the issue, said Jeanette Hoffman, a Republican political consultant, about Trump's stance."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Trump, who had previously signaled support for a national abortion ban beyond 15 weeks, emphasized the importance of wiing at the ballot box in his widely anticipated statement on the issue."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Trump took credit for the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision and ending a federal right to abortion, alluding to his conservative picks for the U.S. high court that made it possible."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday said abortion laws should be determined by U.S. states, stopping short of proposing a national ban and choosing a more moderate stance heading into November's general election."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Democratic President Joe Biden has made Trump's opposition to abortion rights a key tenet of his re-election campaign."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Democratic President Joe Biden has made Trump's opposition to abortion rights a key tenet of his re-election campaign."
Positive
4% Conservative
"But remember, you must also win elections to restore our culture and in fact, to save our country, which is currently and very sadly, a nation in decline, Trump said in the video."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Donald Trump is endorsing every single abortion ban in the states, including abortion bans with no exceptions."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Since launching his campaign in late 2022, Trump has largely shied away from the topic of abortion, reflecting the Republican Party's struggles to articulate a message to reduce the political fallout from the Supreme Court's ruling."
Negative
-30% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Now it's up to the states to do the right thing," Trump said.
44% : "My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both," Trump said.
34% : Trump, who had previously signaled support for a national abortion ban beyond 15 weeks, emphasized the importance of winning at the ballot box in his widely anticipated statement on the issue.
34% : Trump took credit for the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision and ending a federal right to abortion, alluding to his conservative picks for the U.S. high court that made it possible.
32% : WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday said abortion laws should be determined by U.S. states, stopping short of proposing a national ban and choosing a more moderate stance heading into November's general election.
28% : But remember, you must also win elections to restore our culture and in fact, to save our country, which is currently and very sadly, a nation in decline," Trump said in the video.
27% : "Donald Trump is endorsing every single abortion ban in the states, including abortion bans with no exceptions.
23% : Since launching his campaign in late 2022, Trump has largely shied away from the topic of abortion, reflecting the Republican Party's struggles to articulate a message to reduce the political fallout from the Supreme Court's ruling.

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