Woman with ALS denied euthanasia procedure day before scheduled death

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Published Oct 10, 2021
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Policy Leaning Analysis

This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of 8% Conservative:

  • 2 positive sentiments and 2 negative sentiments for Assisted Suicide.


Politician Portrayal Analysis:

This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 0% Neutral and bias score of N/A:

3 negative sentiments and 1 positive sentiment for Joe Biden
3 negative sentiments for Pat Toomey
1 negative sentiment for Kevin Brady
1 negative sentiment for Mike Crapo


Policies:

Assisted Suicide

Politicians:

Joe Biden
Pat Toomey
Kevin Brady
Mike Crapo

Sentiments

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22% The plan was endorsed by President Joe Biden, who praised the move in a statement released by the White House soon after it was ..."
10% "For every five requests for euthanasia, only two are authorized, says DescLAB, Laboratory for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.""
6% "Since euthanasia became regulated in 2015, Colombia has granted the request of 157 procedures in the country, according to data from the Ministry of ..."
0% "The government did not give a regulation that would allow any form of euthanasia until April 20, 2015.""
-4% "I want to stress, we have for many decades bilateral tax treaties," Toomey said, although he didn't mention whether what could happen if it ..."
-10% "Euthanasia has been decriminalized in Colombia since 1997, when it became the first country in Latin America to do so.""
-10% Several weeks ago, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, said Congress likely will not ratify the global tax accord ..."
-12% Biden's fellow Democrats control only 50 seats in the 100-member chamber."
-12% "I think that's unlikely to happen," Toomey said in September."
-14% "A Colombian woman suffering from ALS who was scheduled to undergo euthanasia was denied the procedure after the clinic that had agreed to perform ..."

We have listed the top 10 sentiments. More sentiments do exist. Please review the full article for more information.


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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : For every five requests for euthanasia, only two are authorized, says DescLAB, Laboratory for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
53% : Since euthanasia became regulated in 2015, Colombia has granted the request of 157 procedures in the country, according to data from the Ministry of Health, Noticias Telemundo reported.
50% : The government did not give a regulation that would allow any form of euthanasia until April 20, 2015.
45% : Euthanasia has been decriminalized in Colombia since 1997, when it became the first country in Latin America to do so.
43% : A Colombian woman suffering from ALS who was scheduled to undergo euthanasia was denied the procedure after the clinic that had agreed to perform the procedure determined she did not meet the criteria of a terminal patient, according to reports.

*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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