---
title: "Life Issues Institute"
description: "Life Issues Institute (Advocacy or other) signed 9 letters in the dataset, mean composite 4.2 of 12."
type: "letter-organization"
org_id: "O030"
org_type: "Advocacy or other"
country: "US"
letter_count: 9
signer_count: 1
active_years: "2007–2025"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/orgs/o030.html"
---

# Life Issues Institute

**Advocacy or other** · US · 9 letters

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Organization ID | O030 |
| Organization type | Advocacy or other |
| State | National / not stated |
| Country | United States |
| Parent organization | — |
| Letters signed | 9 |
| Named signers | 1 |
| Active on letters | 2007–2025 |

## Letters signed

Oldest first. "Signed as" shows who signed for the organization on that letter, with title and organization name as printed.

| Date | Letter | Shortfall | Score | Signed as |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 24, 2007 | [Coalition letter to the U.S. Senate requesting suspension of Planned Parenthood federal funding (Kansas charges)](../../letters/pl-2007-003.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | [Bradley Mattes](../../letters/people/i0033.md), Executive Director |
| Mar 31, 2017 | [Letter: Pro-life groups urge Congress to redirect Planned Parenthood funding via reconciliation](../../letters/pl-2017-001.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | [Brad Mattes](../../letters/people/i0033.md), President and CEO |
| May 1, 2018 | [Pro-life coalition letter to HHS Secretary Azar urging reinstatement of the Reagan Title X regulations](../../letters/pl-2018-001.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | [Brad Mattes](../../letters/people/i0033.md), President |
| Mar 2021 | [Pro-life coalition letter opposing the Equality Act (H.R. 5 / S. 393)](../../letters/pl-2021-001.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | [Bradley Mattes](../../letters/people/i0033.md), President |
| Sep 7, 2021 | [Pro-life coalition letter urging Congress to protect the Hyde Amendment in appropriations and reconciliation](../../letters/pl-2021-002.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | [Bradley Mattes](../../letters/people/i0033.md), President |
| May 12, 2022 | [Joint Open Letter to State Lawmakers: Criminalizing Women Who Have Abortions Is Not Pro-Life](../../letters/pl-2022-001.md) | Explicit opposition | 9 / 12 | [Bradley Mattes](../../letters/people/i0033.md), President |
| Apr 2, 2024 | [Open Letter to the Chairwoman of the North Dakota Republican Party opposing Resolution 6 (women as co-conspirators)](../../letters/pl-2024-001.md) | Explicit opposition | 8 / 12 | [Bradley Mattes](../../letters/people/i0033.md), President |
| Mar 26, 2025 | [Letter from 150+ pro-life leaders urging Congress to defund Big Abortion through reconciliation](../../letters/pl-2025-001.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | Organization only |
| Sep 3, 2025 | [Letter from 88 pro-life organizations: no federal funding for ACA plans that cover abortion](../../letters/pl-2025-002.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | Organization only |

## Scoring profile

Derived from the letters above — a description of what this organization put its name to, not a rating of the organization itself.

- Letters signed: 9
- Mean composite: 4.2 of 12
- Fault-line letters (D2 or D4 ≥ 1): 2
- By shortfall type: 2 explicit opposition, 7 by implication

## People who signed for this organization

| Person | Titles as printed | Letters |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Bradley Mattes](../../letters/people/i0033.md) | Executive Director; President and CEO; President | 7 |

## Editorial note

Organization type, state and parent organization are heuristics for filtering, not authoritative registrations. State Right-to-Life and Citizens-for-Life bodies are linked to the National Right to Life Committee by naming pattern — inferred, not verified. The rubric records distance from the standard published by Abolitionists Rising, not a moral verdict; every organization scored here regards itself as pro-life.