Voters back abortion rights, but some foes won't relent

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    -8% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    40% 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

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"Certain Republican elected officials and anti-abortion activists around the country have responded to losses at the ballot box by challenging election results, refusing to bring state laws into line with voter-backed changes, moving to strip state courts of their power to consider abortion-related laws and challenging the citizen-led ballot initiative process itself."
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28% Conservative
"When it comes to enforcing their vision for America they think is ordained by God, they will set aside democracy, Whitehead said.Anti-abortion lawmakers and advocates already have pushed back in a handful of states where voters sided generally with abortion rights."
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10% Conservative
"In Ohio, some notable top Republicans are rejecting anti-democratic suggestions and standing up for voters."
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10% Conservative
"Done., Ohio state Rep. Jeifer Gross declared on the social media platform X two days after voters enshrined the right to abortion in the state constitution earlier this month."
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-4% Liberal
"As voters in state after state affirm their support for abortion rights, opponents are acting with escalating defiance toward the democratic processes and institutions they perceive as aligned against their cause."
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-14% Liberal
"Former NFL Sideline Reporter Charissa Thompson Says She Used to Make Up Reports Frustration as latest talks on global plastic treaty close Advertisers drop X after Musk backs anti-Semitic postAnd that damage is incredibly difficult to undo, she said."
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-14% Liberal
"A panel of judges last month ruled that summaries written by Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, an abortion opponent who is ruing for governor next year, were politically partisan and misleading."
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-22% Liberal
"Thank goodness that most of the states in this country don't allow you to put everything on the ballot because pure democracies are not the way to run a country, said Rick Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pesylvania and one-time presidential candidate."
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-16% Liberal
"In this country, we accept the results of elections, said GOP Gov. Mike DeWine, a leading opponent of Issue 1."
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-26% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Certain Republican elected officials and anti-abortion activists around the country have responded to losses at the ballot box by challenging election results, refusing to bring state laws into line with voter-backed changes, moving to strip state courts of their power to consider abortion-related laws and challenging the citizen-led ballot initiative process itself.
55% : "When it comes to enforcing their vision for America they think is ordained by God, they will set aside democracy," Whitehead said.Anti-abortion lawmakers and advocates already have pushed back in a handful of states where voters sided generally with abortion rights.
55% : In Ohio, some notable top Republicans are rejecting anti-democratic suggestions and standing up for voters.
48% : Done.," Ohio state Rep. Jennifer Gross declared on the social media platform X two days after voters enshrined the right to abortion in the state constitution earlier this month.
43% : As voters in state after state affirm their support for abortion rights, opponents are acting with escalating defiance toward the democratic processes and institutions they perceive as aligned against their cause.
43% : Former NFL Sideline Reporter Charissa Thompson Says She Used to Make Up Reports Frustration as latest talks on global plastic treaty close Advertisers drop X after Musk backs anti-Semitic post"And that damage is incredibly difficult to undo," she said.
39% : A panel of judges last month ruled that summaries written by Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, an abortion opponent who is running for governor next year, were politically partisan and misleading.

*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.

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