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'Abortion issues of life', says the Washington Examiner; an 'abortion ban' that hurt health care, say Idaho campaigners in The New York Times

Four states vote on abortion in November, and Idaho's measure would repeal a ban. The two reports we hold do not even agree on what to call the vote.

Pro-life won the battle with Dobbs, not the war
Pro-life won the battle with Dobbs, not the war as published by Washington Examiner · seen at Washington Examiner
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Four measures, one count. The Washington Examiner says 164 statewide measures are on November ballots. Four concern abortion: Missouri, Idaho, Nevada and Virginia. It is the only report we hold that lists them.

Two vocabularies. The Examiner piece is an opinion column. It calls the measures "abortion issues of life" in its own voice. The New York Times calls Idaho's law an "abortion ban".

Washington Examiner The New York Times
What the vote is "abortion issues of life" "a referendum to repeal an abortion ban"
Scope four states Idaho only
Frame Dobbs "the correct decision both legally and morally" the ban's effect on health care
Voice the writer argues a side reports the organizers' pitch

Where they meet. Both agree on what the Idaho measure does. The Examiner says Proposition 1 would allow abortion up to fetal viability, replacing the 2022 trigger ban. The Times calls it a repeal.

Plain on Missouri. Even the Examiner column states Missouri's measure flatly: a "yes" "would remove constitutional protection for abortion".

What is not settled - Whether doctors have left Idaho, and how many. "Bring Back the Doctors" is the campaign's pitch, reported by the Times. We hold only its opening line and no figure. - The count of 164 measures and four abortion votes rests on one opinion column. - No report we hold quotes a patient, a doctor, or a poll on any of the four votes.

What this is about. In November, voters in four US states decide abortion law directly, rather than leaving it to their legislatures.

How it got here. From 1973, Roe v. Wade made abortion a constitutional right across the United States. In June 2022 the Supreme Court overturned it in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Each state now sets its own abortion law.

Some states had written "trigger" laws in advance, to take effect once Roe fell. Idaho's ban took effect in August 2022.

Since Dobbs, both sides have taken the question to voters. Many states let citizens, or the legislature, put a constitutional amendment on the ballot. In 2024 Missouri voters added a right to abortion to their constitution. Nevada voters approved one the same year.

The four votes. - Missouri: a measure to repeal the 2024 amendment, allowing abortion only in limited cases up to 12 weeks. - Idaho: Proposition 1, which would replace the ban with access up to fetal viability. - Nevada: Question 6. Nevada requires a citizen-initiated amendment to pass twice; this is the second vote. - Virginia: Question 1, put on the ballot by the legislature, which would add a right to reproductive freedom to the state constitution.

Who is in it. Abortion-rights campaigners are behind the Idaho repeal. Anti-abortion campaigners want to reverse the Missouri result. Idaho is governed by Republicans; The New York Times calls it "deep-red".

What is at stake. A yes in Idaho would end a ban in force since 2022. A yes in Missouri would bring back restrictions voters removed two years ago.

Where it stands. The votes come with the midterm elections, in less than two months. We hold no polling on any of them.

What is being argued about

  • What to call the vote: 'issues of life' or an 'abortion ban'
  • Whether Idaho's ban has driven doctors out, and how many
  • What each of the four measures would change
  • Missouri voting again on a right it added in 2024
Four abortion measures on the November ballotSide by side
StateMeasureWhat a yes would do
MissouriRepeal of the 2024 Right to Reproductive Freedom InitiativeRemove constitutional protection for abortion; allow it only for rape, incest, medical emergencies and some fetal anomalies, up to 12 weeks; require parental consent for minors
IdahoProposition 1Allow abortion up to fetal viability, replacing the 2022 trigger ban; after viability, in medical emergencies
NevadaQuestion 6Enshrine abortion access before fetal viability; voters approved it in 2024 and must pass it again
VirginiaQuestion 1Add a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, including abortion
As described by the Washington Examiner, the only report we hold that lists all four.
Sources Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Pro-life won the battle with Dobbs, not the war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3445 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Two reports, two words for the same voteSide by side
OutletWhat it calls the voteWhose voice
Washington Examiner"abortion issues of life"The writer's own
The New York Times"a referendum to repeal an abortion ban"The paper's, reporting the organizers' pitch: "Bring Back the Doctors"
The Washington Examiner report is an opinion column. We hold only the opening line of The New York Times report.
Sources Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Pro-life won the battle with Dobbs, not the war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3445 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Abortion Rights Activists in Idaho Find Their Pitch: Bring Back the Doctors Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3870 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
From Dobbs to November's votesTimeline
  1. June 2022— no time published Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturns Roe v. Wade
  2. August 2022— no time published Idaho Trigger ban on abortion takes effect
  3. 2024— no time published Missouri voters Approve the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative
  4. 2024— no time published Nevada voters Approve an abortion-access amendment for the first time
  5. 18 Sep 202609:02 UTC The New York Times The New York Times Idaho organizers pitch repeal on health care"Bring Back the Doctors"
  6. 18 Sep 202616:24 UTC Washington Examiner Washington Examiner Column lists four abortion measures among 164 on the ballot 4 of 164 measures
  7. November 2026— no time published Voters in four states Vote on the measures, alongside the midterm elections
Sources Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Pro-life won the battle with Dobbs, not the war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3445 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Abortion Rights Activists in Idaho Find Their Pitch: Bring Back the Doctors Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3870 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Four measures, two frames

One report covers the measures in four states and argues a side in its own voice. The other covers only Idaho, through what the ban did to health care. Neither report says how many doctors left Idaho.

4 states whose measures are described 1 reports arguing a side in their own voice 0 reports giving a number of doctors who left
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Pro-life won the battle with Dobbs, not the war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3445 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Abortion Rights Activists in Idaho Find Their Pitch: Bring Back the Doctors Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3870 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified Four of the 164 statewide ballot measures this November concern abortion: in Missouri, Idaho, Nevada and Virginia.
Only the Washington Examiner opinion piece gives these counts and states. No other report we hold lists the measures.
Checked against 1 source:
Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Pro-life won the battle with Dobbs, not the war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3445 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true Idaho's ballot measure would repeal the state's abortion ban.
The New York Times calls it a referendum to repeal Idaho's abortion ban. The Washington Examiner says Proposition 1 would allow abortion up to fetal viability, replacing the 2022 trigger ban.
Checked against 2 sources:
The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Abortion Rights Activists in Idaho Find Their Pitch: Bring Back the Doctors Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3870 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Pro-life won the battle with Dobbs, not the war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3445 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Idaho's abortion ban has driven doctors out of the state.
The New York Times reports this as the campaign's argument ('Bring Back the Doctors'), and we hold only its opening lines, with no figures. No other report we hold confirms or contradicts it.
Checked against 1 source:
The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Abortion Rights Activists in Idaho Find Their Pitch: Bring Back the Doctors Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3870 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

K Kimberly Ross Washington Examiner
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted vs attributed A contested legal and moral judgement is stated flat, in the writer's own voice.×1
Label A slighting label for men who support a partner's abortion, with no attribution.×1
Label in own voice A label is attached to men who support an abortion decision.×1
Measure described Describes the effect of the Missouri measure in neutral terms.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified1 true
From 6 reports we hold under this byline, at Washington Examiner. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Anna Griffin The New York Times
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Figure absent The headline implies doctors left Idaho. The opening we hold gives no number.×1
Frame chosen Frames the Idaho campaign through the ban's effect on health care, not through abortion itself.×1
Harm frame Frames Idaho's ban by its effect on health care, which it credits to the organizers.×1
Label Describes the state by its partisan lean.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified1 true
From 13 reports we hold under this byline, at The New York Times. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

Washington Examiner
Right estimate · not a score
Washington Examiner 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Pro-life won the battle with Dobbs, not the war Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Washington Examiner → What we have measured Accusation printed unanswered a named candidate is accused of responsibility for murders, with no response carried ×1Accused named Names one accused student, citing the lawsuit; no other report we hold names any of the accused ×1Accused named Names each person charged and gives their nationality. None of the defendants is quoted. ×1Accused named Names one accused student from the civil filing and attributes the claim to the lawsuit ×1 from 3445 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
An opinion column. The only report listing all four measures and what each would do. Calls them "abortion issues of life" and argues against abortion in its own voice.
In less than two months, voters will head to the polls to decide the midterm elections. Republicans are looking for a strong turnout as the party nears the halfway mark of President Donald Trump’s second and final term. Meanwhile, Democrats are hoping to make major gains. While every seat in the House of Representatives is up for grabs, the Senate has 35 out of 100 seats on the line. Beyond the immediate questions of control of Congress are the statewide ballot measures. There are 164 measures on the table this November. Of those, four have to do with abortion issues of life. They are in Misso
Term chosen: Uses one side's term for the measures in its own voice. — “four have to do with abortion issues of life”
Opinion stated flat: A contested judgement is stated as fact. — “It continues to be the correct decision both legally and morally.”
Label in own voice: A label is attached to men who support an abortion decision. — “(and enabler men)”
Measure described plainly: The Missouri measure's effect is set out in neutral terms. — “A “yes” to the ballot measure would remove constitutional protection for abortion.”
Measure named: Calls the ballot measures "issues of life". That is one side's term. — “four have to do with abortion issues of life”
Asserted vs attributed: A contested legal and moral judgement is stated flat, in the writer's own voice. — “It continues to be the correct decision both legally and morally.”
Label: A slighting label for men who support a partner's abortion, with no attribution. — “(and enabler men)”
Measure described: Describes the effect of the Missouri measure in neutral terms. — “A “yes” to the ballot measure would remove constitutional protection for abortion.”
Read it at Washington Examiner → https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/4…
The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent Abortion Rights Activists in Idaho Find Their Pitch: Bring Back the Doctors Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3870 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Reports that Idaho organizers pitch repeal on health care, not abortion: "Bring Back the Doctors". We hold only its opening line.
Organizers of a referendum to repeal an abortion ban in deep-red Idaho are far more focused on how the ban has broadly affected health care in the state.
Frame chosen: Frames the Idaho campaign through the ban's effect on health care, not through abortion itself. — “how the ban has broadly affected health care in the state”
Figure absent: The headline implies doctors left Idaho. The opening we hold gives no number. — “Bring Back the Doctors”
Harm frame: Frames Idaho's ban by its effect on health care, which it credits to the organizers. — “how the ban has broadly affected health care in the state”
Label: Describes the state by its partisan lean. — “deep-red Idaho”
Read it at The New York Times → https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/us/politics/abortion-rights-activist…
Checked, didn’t cover
Mother Jones
Left estimate · not a score
Mother Jones 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed 'ultra-gerrymandered' stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Cover-up' is asserted in the report's own voice, not attributed ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it a cover-up in its own voice ×1Assertion vs attribution describes the operation as a 'violent occupation' in its own voice, with no source for the phrase ×1 from 365 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Reuters
Centre estimate · not a score
Reuters 🇺🇸US · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named The attacker is the subject of an active verb for both the deaths and the damage ×1Actor named No actor named for who cancelled the flights ×1Agreement stated flat, source in a tail attribution moved after the dash ×1Announcement written as settled A social-media post becomes a future indicative: the conversion will happen ×1 from 13380 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N NPR
Centre estimate · not a score
NPR 🇺🇸US · public broadcaster · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted, not attributed that the system wrongly flagged citizens is stated flat, with no source named for it ×1Asserted versus attributed public disbelief stated as established, with nothing cited that measured it ×1Asserted versus attributed Past threats of force are stated flat, as background ×1Asymmetric labelling one side tagged by its patron, the other not ×1 from 1145 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → P Politico
Centre estimate · not a score
Politico 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Washington Post
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Washington Post 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused's denial carried the only report carrying the Marine's side ×1Actor named via accusation the administration is named as acting, through the ranchers' charge; the price rise is stated flat ×1Asserted, not attributed a shift of power to Iran stated flat in the headline ×1Asserted or attributed the headline states as data what the body shows the chair selecting in a speech ×1 from 1237 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Fox News
Right estimate · not a score
Fox News 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named Names one former fraternity member through his lawyer's denial. The woman is anonymous by her own choice. ×1Actor in headline The headline names Trump as the one acting. The body names only Anduril. ×1A number, with no people named The only report that gives a figure counts the journalists whose communications were swept up. It names none of them. ×1Asserted, not attributed stated flat: past court defeats are asserted with no case, judge or date named ×1 from 6448 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Breitbart
Right estimate · not a score
Breitbart 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Anyone hurt is counted, not named eight deaths given as a number only ×1Framing of motive The lede calls the denial a punishment and puts 'fake news' in quotation marks; the officials being sued are left unnamed ×1How the person shot is named a status, not a name: the only report that never uses either name calls him an illegal alien ×1How the place is described a party label attached to the city in the same clause as the casualty count ×1 from 3584 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → MSNBC
Left estimate · not a score
MSNBC 🇺🇸US · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accuser not named The lede does not name the senator making the accusation ×1Actor named for the ban The White House is the subject of both verbs: it blocked journalists, then let CNN back in. ×1A first stated flat a never-before claim carried without a source attached ×1Asserted, not attributed absence of fraud evidence stated as fact ×1 from 1476 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Hill
Centre estimate · not a score
The Hill 🇺🇸US · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed the word lying is placed in a named politician's mouth, not the outlet's ×1Actor named No actor named for who kept reporters out ×1Actor named No actor named for who let reporters back in ×1Actor named Names the state as the one that carried out the execution. ×1 from 4330 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → National Review
Centre-right estimate · not a score
National Review 🇺🇸US · magazine · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted not attributed Doubt about the allegation is stated flat, in the outlet's own voice ×1Asserted not attributed An argument about deterrence is stated as fact ×1Asserted versus attributed calls it an abuse of power in its own voice ×1Asserted versus attributed 'Abuse of presidential power' is stated flat ×1 from 415 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
The Wall Street Journal
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Wall Street Journal 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Associated Press
Centre estimate · not a score
Associated Press 🇺🇸US · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution Dates the signing to Aug. 6, 2026 and writes ord ×1Dating and attribution Carries a dateline correction, repeated three ti ×1How hard the claim is stated Marks "birth tourism" as the administration's ow ×1How hard the claim is stated high ×1 from 223 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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