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Eight States Have Added Abortion to November Ballots. What Would the Measures Do?

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    8% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    8% Center

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Abortion is already allowed in Maryland until viability.
53% : Abortion up until viability is already allowed in Nevada under a law passed in 1990.
51% : The measure would bar discrimination based on "pregnancy outcomes" and "reproductive healthcare," along with sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and disability.
50% : Abortion is already legal until viability in the state under a 1999 Montana Supreme Court opinion.
49% : Abortion is already legal at all stages of pregnancy in Colorado.
49% : Abortion could be prohibited in the third trimester, provided there are exceptions for the life and health of the woman.
46% : Abortion is currently legal for the first 15 weeks of pregnancy in Arizona.
43% : Where Else Could Abortion Possibly Be on the Ballot in 2024?NebraskaCompeting abortion measures could be decided by Nebraska voters in November after supporters turned in far more than the required 123,000 signatures.

*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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