Texas Abortion Ban
We ran the numbers: There are 1387 news articles covering this topic. 31% (433) are left leaning, 33% (459) are center, and 36% (495) are right leaning.
A number of Republican lawmakers across the country plan to introduce restrictive abortion bills similar to the Texas legislation recently allowed to pass by the Supreme Court. While left-leaning articles highlight that Biden has fiercely criticized the Texas legislation, stating that it “blatantly violates” a woman’s constitutional right to abortion, right-leaning articles highlight that the Senate Judiciary Committee announced it will hold a hearing about the Supreme Court’s ruling on a Texas abortion law this week.
A left-leaning article by CNN highlights that Biden has fiercely criticized the Texas legislation, stating that it “blatantly violates” a woman’s constitutional right to abortion. Liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the new rule was a “flagrantly unconstitutional law engineered to prohibit women from exercising their constitutional rights.”
Newsweek published a centrist article reporting that the new Texas abortion law prohibits abortions being performed if a “fetal heartbeat” is detected. The Supreme Court failed to prevent Senate Bill 8 from taking effect after a 5-4 vote.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that the Senate Judiciary Committee announced it will hold a hearing about the Supreme Court’s ruling on a Texas abortion law this week. The hearing announcement was in reaction to the Supreme Court’s denial of a request by opponents of a Texas law banning most abortions to have the law temporarily blocked.