MSNBC, CNN, ABC's 'The View' slam Lindsey Graham over 15 week abortion ban, call it political 'suicide'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : A recent Wall Street Journal poll found that support for abortion increased five percentage points, from 55% in March, before the Supreme Court reversal on Roe, to 60% in August among all likely voters.
41% : Much of the discussion surrounding the proposed federal abortion ban was found on MSNBC, with hosts and reporters pointing to the senator's announcement as a massive political blunder, and proof of how important abortion will be to voters in the upcoming elections.
38% : A number of Republicans were quick to distance themselves from Grahams' bill, with some openly dismissing the plan, and others choosing instead to redouble their midterm efforts on concerns about the economy and inflation, rather than abortion.
37% : Senator John Cornyn of Texas similarly told CNN that states should handle matters related to abortion.
36% : I think states should decide the issue of marriage and states should decide the issue of abortion."
36% :STRATEGISTS WEIGH IMPLICATIONS OF ABORTION, STUDENT LOAN HANDOUT, GUN CONTROL ON UPCOMING MIDTERMS
33% :NBC'S ALCINDOR CLAIMS REPUBLICAN WOMEN 'EXTREMELY UPSET' ABOUT ABORTION, FEEL 'BETRAYED' BY PARTY
23% : Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. elicited confusion and condemnation from media figures on CNN and MSNBC after the conservative lawmaker announced a bill to ban abortion federally after 15 weeks.
23% : The rise in support for abortion could affect the November midterm elections with voters viewing abortion as a more important issue than it has been in previous elections.
14% : [Graham's announcement] is the most definitive evidence you are ever going to get that Republicans know that abortion, not inflation, not crime, abortion, will be the most important issue for voters in November," Reid added.
6% : CNN political commentator Alyssa Farah Griffin said Wednesday that Graham's decision to go "rogue" against the "Republican orthodoxy" on abortion was frustrating, suggesting that the Senator's announcement helped provide cover for the Biden administration's "terrible" inflation numbers.

*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.