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Federal judge to rule by Jan. 1 on new Iowa law prohibiting sexual depictions in school materials

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    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    8% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Friday's hearing and accompanying legal filings revealed the state's position that the section of the law that prohibits the teaching of gender identity and sexual orientation through sixth grade does not apply to library materials, only classroom curriculum.
57% : A federal judge said he will rule by Jan. 1 whether to halt implementation and enforcement of Iowa's new state law that prohibits the teaching of gender identity and sexual orientation through sixth grade and requires the removal of any school materials that depict sex acts.
51% : "It's one of the most bizarre laws I've ever read in my life," Locher said.

*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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