National Right to Life Committee

also printed as: National Right to Life · id O074

Right-to-life group US

Organization type
Right-to-life group
State
National / not stated
Country
United States
Letters signed
18
Named signers
2
Active on letters
2008–2026

§ 1 Letters signed

18 letters, 2008–2026, oldest first. The last column shows who signed for the organization on that letter, with the title and organization name exactly as printed.

DateLetterScoreSigned as
2008 NRLC non-support / opposition to Colorado Amendment 48 (personhood)Single-organization statement · Personhood amendmentExplicit opposition 6 / 12 Organization only
Nov 2011 NRLC and Catholic non-support of Mississippi Initiative 26 (personhood)Single-organization statement · Personhood amendmentExplicit opposition 5 / 12 Organization only
Nov 1, 2013 NRLC letters to Congress supporting the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (20-week ban)Single-organization letter · Pain-capable (20-week) legislationExplicit incrementalism 6 / 12 Organization only
May 1, 2018 Pro-life coalition letter to HHS Secretary Azar urging reinstatement of the Reagan Title X regulationsCoalition letter · Title X / abortion-provider separationBy implication 3 / 12 Carol Tobias, Presidentas “National Right to Life”
Dec 20, 2018 Coalition letter to President Trump to end NIH research using aborted fetal tissueCoalition letter · NIH fetal tissue researchBy implication 2 / 12 Carol Tobias, Presidentas “National Right to Life”
Mar 24, 2020 Pro-life coalition letter to Secretary Azar: pro-life concerns during the coronavirus crisisCoalition letter · COVID-19 / abortion industry operationsBy implication 2 / 12 Carol Tobias, Presidentas “National Right to Life”
Jul 28, 2020 Pro-life coalition letter to FDA Commissioner Hahn urging removal of mifepristone from the US marketCoalition letter · Mifepristone / REMSBy implication 3 / 12 Carol Tobias, Presidentas “National Right to Life”
Mar 2021 Pro-life coalition letter opposing the Equality Act (H.R. 5 / S. 393)Coalition letter · Equality Act / abortion mandateBy implication 3 / 12 Carol Tobias, President
Sep 7, 2021 Pro-life coalition letter urging Congress to protect the Hyde Amendment in appropriations and reconciliationCoalition letter · Hyde AmendmentBy implication 3 / 12 Carol Tobias, Presidentas “National Right to Life”
May 12, 2022 Joint Open Letter to State Lawmakers: Criminalizing Women Who Have Abortions Is Not Pro-LifeCoalition letter · Criminal liability for women who obtain abortionsExplicit opposition 9 / 12 Carol Tobias, Presidentas “National Right to Life”
Jun 15, 2022 NRLC Post-Roe Model Abortion Law (Bopp memorandum)Model legislation · Model post-Roe statuteExplicit opposition 6 / 12 James Bopp, Jr., General Counsel
Apr 2, 2024 Open Letter to the Chairwoman of the North Dakota Republican Party opposing Resolution 6 (women as co-conspirators)Coalition letter · Equal-protection party resolutionExplicit opposition 8 / 12 Carol Tobias, President
Feb 2025 North Dakota HB 1373 opposition (Students for Life, NRLC, ND Catholic Conference, ND Family Alliance)Coalition statement · State equal-protection billExplicit opposition 8 / 12 Organization only
Mar 26, 2025 Letter from 150+ pro-life leaders urging Congress to defund Big Abortion through reconciliationCoalition letter · Planned Parenthood / Medicaid fundingBy implication 3 / 12 Organization only
Sep 3, 2025 Letter from 88 pro-life organizations: no federal funding for ACA plans that cover abortionCoalition letter · ACA subsidies / HydeBy implication 3 / 12 Organization onlyas “National Right to Life”
Apr 13, 2026 Letter from 78 pro-life groups to Acting AG Blanche urging DOJ to stop siding with the abortion drug industryCoalition letter · Mifepristone litigation / state lawsBy implication 4 / 12 Carol Tobias, Presidentas “National Right to Life”
Apr 22, 2026 Pro-life coalition letter to Senate Majority Leader Thune urging a ten-year defunding of Planned Parenthood via reconciliationCoalition letter · Abortion-provider funding restriction / reconciliationBy implication 3 / 12 Carol Tobias, Presidentas “National Right to Life”
Jun 23, 2026 Letter from 83 pro-life groups urging Acting AG Blanche to settle Louisiana v. FDACoalition letter · Louisiana v. FDA / mifepristoneBy implication 4 / 12 Carol Tobias, Presidentas “National Right to Life”

§ 2 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

18

Mean composite

4.5 of 12

Fault-line letters

6 scored D2 or D4 ≥ 1

By shortfall type

6 explicit opposition · 1 explicit incrementalism · 11 by implication

§ 3 People who signed for this organization

PersonTitles as printedLetters
Carol Tobias President 11
James Bopp, Jr. General Counsel 1

§ 4 Affiliated organizations

52 organizations linked to this one by naming pattern (inferred, not verified):

Affiliates

Alabama Citizens for Life · AL Arizona State Right to Life · AZ Arkansas Right to Life · AR Colorado Citizens for Life · CO Delaware Citizens for Life · DE Florida Right to Life · FL Georgia Life Alliance · GA Hawaii Life Alliance · HI Human Life of Washington · WA Illinois Federation for Right to Life · IL Indiana Right to Life · IN International Right to Life Federation and Life Issues Institute Iowa Right to Life · IA Kansans for Life · KS Kentucky Right to Life · KY Louisiana Right to Life · LA Maine Right to Life · ME Maryland Right to Life, Inc. · MD Massachusetts Citizens for Life · MA Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life · MN Mississippi Right to Life · MS Missouri Right to Life · MO Nebraska Right to Life · NE Nevada Right to Life · NV New Hampshire Citizens for Life · NH New Hampshire Right to Life · NH New Jersey Right to Life · NJ New York State Right to Life · NY North Carolina Right to Life · NC North Dakota Right to Life · ND Ohio Right to Life · OH Oklahomans For Life, Inc. · OK Oregon Right to Life · OR Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation · PA Pro-Life Alaska · AK Prolife Council of Connecticut · CT Rhode Island State Right to Life · RI Rhode Island State Right to Life Committee · RI Right to Life Committee of New Mexico · NM Right to Life of Idaho · ID Right to Life of Michigan · MI Right to Life of Montana · MT Right to Life of Utah · UT South Carolina Citizens for Life · SC South Dakota Right to Life · SD Tennessee Right to Life · TN Vermont Right to Life Committee · VT Virginia Society for Human Life · VA West Virginians for Life · VA Wisconsin Right to Life · WI Wyoming Citizens for Life · WY Wyoming Right to Life · WY

§ 5 Names as printed

Every spelling of this organization encountered across the letters, merged into this one entry.

National Right to Life

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.