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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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| "That logic was what the court majority in the Dobbs opinion went after today.Teresa Collett, a law professor at the University of St. Thomas in Mieapolis and the director of that university's Prolife Center, said the decision in Dobbs won't affect same-sex marriage, which the court protected in Obergefell v. Hodges." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Oliveri said the court primarily judged same-sex marriage and intercourse as rights guaranteed by due process, but she added that the right to equal protection in the 14th Amendment might also protect them." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Rigel Oliveri, a constitutional law professor at MU, said the constitutional reasoning for the right to abortion comes from the right to due process guaranteed in the Fifth and 14th amendments." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization -- the case that overturned the precedent set by Roe v. Wade -- may put the constitutionally recognized rights to same-sex marriage, same-sex intimacy and contraception in peril, one legal expert said." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "She noted that Justice Clarence Thomas said in his concurring opinion that the court should reconsider Obergefell; Lawrence v. Texas, which decriminalized same-sex intercourse; and Griswold v. Coecticut, which guaranteed the right to contraception." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "However, another expert said the legal grounding for these rights is separate from the legal grounding for the right to abortion, and she does not expect the judgment in Dobbs to affect them." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "State Attorney General Eric Schmitt activated Missouri's trigger law after the decision was released, baing abortion in the state." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "That's not true with abortion." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The court aounced its decision Friday that the Constitution does not guarantee a right to abortion." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "For the court to consider the constitutionality of a right -- such as same-sex intimacy -- a state would first have to outlaw same-sex intimacy and prosecute someone for breaking that law." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Alito said in the court's opinion that the substantive due process test requires a right to be rooted in the nation's history and tradition; he determined abortion was not so rooted." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Collett said it would be fundamentally unjust for the court to strike down Obergefell because many same-sex couples have already married and obtained marriage licenses while abortion is in response to an anticipated future." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "These rights can be covered by the right to equal protection, because criminalizing same-sex intimacy or prohibiting same-sex marriage could amount to sex discrimination, Oliveri said." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Writing for the court, Justice Samuel Alito said abortion is not deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition and thus caot be justified as a fundamental liberty." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Gov. Gavin Newsom also signed legislation Friday to protect patients and providers in California from other states' restrictions." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul recently expanded protections for abortion patients and providers in preparation of the court's ruling." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Illinois already ensures women can have an abortion even after the court's ruling, and Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker called a special session following the decision to expand abortion access." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "And the new law, signed GOP Gov. Doug Ducey in March, would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy except in cases to save the mother's life." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "At one point, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined a crowd calling the court, Illegitimate!Abortion laws in D.C. are among the least restrictive in the country, allowing the procedure in all stages of pregnancy, including late-stage and third-trimester abortions." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
49% : "That logic was what the court majority in the Dobbs opinion went after today."Teresa Collett, a law professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis and the director of that university's Prolife Center, said the decision in Dobbs won't affect same-sex marriage, which the court protected in Obergefell v. Hodges.46% : Oliveri said the court primarily judged same-sex marriage and intercourse as rights guaranteed by due process, but she added that the right to equal protection in the 14th Amendment might also protect them.
44% : Rigel Oliveri, a constitutional law professor at MU, said the constitutional reasoning for the right to abortion comes from the right to due process guaranteed in the Fifth and 14th amendments.
43% : The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization -- the case that overturned the precedent set by Roe v. Wade -- may put the constitutionally recognized rights to same-sex marriage, same-sex intimacy and contraception in peril, one legal expert said.
43% : She noted that Justice Clarence Thomas said in his concurring opinion that the court should reconsider Obergefell; Lawrence v. Texas, which decriminalized same-sex intercourse; and Griswold v. Connecticut, which guaranteed the right to contraception.
41% : However, another expert said the legal grounding for these rights is separate from the legal grounding for the right to abortion, and she does not expect the judgment in Dobbs to affect them.
40% : State Attorney General Eric Schmitt activated Missouri's "trigger law" after the decision was released, banning abortion in the state.
39% : "That's not true with abortion."
37% : The court announced its decision Friday that the Constitution does not guarantee a right to abortion.
37% : For the court to consider the constitutionality of a right -- such as same-sex intimacy -- a state would first have to outlaw same-sex intimacy and prosecute someone for breaking that law.
36% :Alito said in the court's opinion that the substantive due process test requires a right to be rooted in the nation's history and tradition; he determined abortion was not so rooted.
35% : Collett said it would be "fundamentally unjust" for the court to strike down Obergefell because many same-sex couples have already married and obtained marriage licenses while abortion is "in response to an anticipated future."
35% : These rights can be covered by the right to equal protection, because criminalizing same-sex intimacy or prohibiting same-sex marriage could amount to sex discrimination, Oliveri said.
31% : Writing for the court, Justice Samuel Alito said abortion is not "deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition" and thus cannot be justified as a fundamental liberty.
*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.