RNC advances Trump-backed abortion platform that avoids federal ban - Washington Examiner

  • Bias Rating

    24% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    54% Very Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -60% 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

Overall Sentiment

29% Positive

  •   Liberal
  •   Conservative
SentenceSentimentBias
Unlock this feature by upgrading to the Pro plan.

Bias Meter

Extremely
Liberal

Very
Liberal

Moderately
Liberal

Somewhat Liberal

Center

Somewhat Conservative

Moderately
Conservative

Very
Conservative

Extremely
Conservative

-100%
Liberal

100%
Conservative

Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : The Republican Party is dropping language advocating federal abortion limits from its party platform, marking a major change for the GOP despite pushback from anti-abortion groups not to soften its stance ahead of the 2024 elections.
44% : The RNC platform also includes changes to language on key issues such as immigration, same-sex marriage, trade, and election integrity, according to the Washington Post.
42% : Other proposals include "ending" the Department of Education, fighting the so-called weaponization of the Justice Department, and protecting Social Security and Medicare from any spending cuts.
35% : The changes come despite pleas from antiabortion groups urging Trump to "make clear that you do not intend to weaken the pro-life plank," according to a letter sent to his campaign last month by 10 of the country's top antiabortion groups, according to the New York Times.
30% : In a closed-door meeting with House Republicans last month, Trump unveiled a strategy to hammer Democrats on abortion and to frame the opposite party as being too "radical," a lawmaker told the Washington Examiner.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINERThe platform also comes as Trump has said he would not sign a federal abortion ban, arguing the matter should be left to the individual states which have taken various steps to block or expand abortion access in the aftermath of Roe being overturned.
18% : Trump has urged GOP lawmakers to go on the offensive when it comes to abortion.

*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.

Copy link