LGBTQ+ families are building lives Japanese lawmakers still struggle to see ⁠80%

By Jessica Speed⁠0%

6/28/2026, 3:21:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Loss Aversion, Pessimism Bias, and Burden of Proof, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 72.1% saturation with 88 hits. Analysis detected 431 faulty-reasoning hits from 122 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 71.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠80% (4,381 of 21,197 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 79.30% of the article peer group.

Like any other parent, Kichimaru, a lesbian in her 30s raising an infant in Tokyo, feeds her daughter, changes her diapers and helps put her to sleep every day at home with her partner. 
If the child were hospitalized, Kichimaru, who asked to go by her online pseudonym, worries that she would not be allowed to sign consent forms or make medical decisions for the infant since she is not her legal parent under Japanese law, which does not recognize same-sex marriages. 
Kichimaru would have no automatic parental relationship with the child she is helping to raise if her partner — the biological parent — dies or falls into a coma. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.4%The Japan Times: 3.5%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.1%The Japan Times: 1.9%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 3.9%The Japan Times: 4.6%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 27.9%Jessica Speed: 1.8%The Japan Times: 1.3%Representativeness Heuristic27.9%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.7%The Japan Times: 2.0%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 9.0%Jessica Speed: 6.5%The Japan Times: 14.4%Framing Effect9.0%This article: 63.1%Jessica Speed: 1.2%The Japan Times: 0.8%Loss Aversion63.1%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.1%The Japan Times: 1.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.2%The Japan Times: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 2.9%The Japan Times: 4.7%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 63.1%Jessica Speed: 2.8%The Japan Times: 3.3%Pessimism Bias63.1%This article: 9.0%Jessica Speed: 5.7%The Japan Times: 11.5%Negativity Bias9.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.2%The Japan Times: 0.8%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 9.0%Jessica Speed: 1.1%The Japan Times: 1.1%In-Group Bias9.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.4%The Japan Times: 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.5%The Japan Times: 1.5%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.4%The Japan Times: 2.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.5%The Japan Times: 0.9%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 4.8%The Japan Times: 5.6%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.5%The Japan Times: 1.7%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 23.8%Jessica Speed: 0.6%The Japan Times: 1.0%Slippery Slope23.8%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 2.7%The Japan Times: 4.5%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.1%The Japan Times: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.1%The Japan Times: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.6%The Japan Times: 3.6%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.1%The Japan Times: 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 2.9%The Japan Times: 4.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 39.3%Jessica Speed: 0.4%The Japan Times: 0.5%Burden of Proof39.3%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.3%The Japan Times: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 27.9%Jessica Speed: 1.3%The Japan Times: 1.0%Anecdotal27.9%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 72.1%Jessica Speed: 2.0%The Japan Times: 3.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)72.1%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.4%The Japan Times: 4.5%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.7%The Japan Times: 1.8%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 9.0%Jessica Speed: 4.3%The Japan Times: 9.0%Biased Writer Voice9.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 3.8%The Japan Times: 1.6%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.1%The Japan Times: 0.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Jessica Speed: 1.0%The Japan Times: 0.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

122 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker39%attributed speech74writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 34 words • 0.0% coverageKichimaru • 48 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Kichimaru

100%flagged-word coverage
48 attributed words100% of attributed speech100% writer coverage
0%7.5%15.0%Biased Writer Voice-14.9 ptsWriter: 14.9%Kichimaru: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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