---
title: "National Right to Life Committee"
description: "National Right to Life Committee (Right-to-life group) signed 18 letters in the dataset, mean composite 4.5 of 12."
type: "letter-organization"
org_id: "O074"
org_type: "Right-to-life group"
country: "US"
letter_count: 18
signer_count: 2
active_years: "2008–2026"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/orgs/o074.html"
---

# National Right to Life Committee

_Also printed as: National Right to Life_

**Right-to-life group** · US · 18 letters

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Organization ID | O074 |
| Organization type | Right-to-life group |
| State | National / not stated |
| Country | United States |
| Parent organization | — |
| Letters signed | 18 |
| Named signers | 2 |
| Active on letters | 2008–2026 |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | [NRLC non-support / opposition to Colorado Amendment 48 (personhood)](../../letters/pl-2008-002.md) | Explicit opposition | 6 / 12 | Organization only |
| Nov 2011 | [NRLC and Catholic non-support of Mississippi Initiative 26 (personhood)](../../letters/pl-2011-002.md) | Explicit opposition | 5 / 12 | Organization only |
| Nov 1, 2013 | [NRLC letters to Congress supporting the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (20-week ban)](../../letters/pl-2013-001.md) | Explicit incrementalism | 6 / 12 | Organization only |
| 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 | [Carol Tobias](../../letters/people/i0079.md), President (as “National Right to Life”) |
| Dec 20, 2018 | [Coalition letter to President Trump to end NIH research using aborted fetal tissue](../../letters/pl-2018-002.md) | By implication | 2 / 12 | [Carol Tobias](../../letters/people/i0079.md), President (as “National Right to Life”) |
| Mar 24, 2020 | [Pro-life coalition letter to Secretary Azar: pro-life concerns during the coronavirus crisis](../../letters/pl-2020-003.md) | By implication | 2 / 12 | [Carol Tobias](../../letters/people/i0079.md), President (as “National Right to Life”) |
| Jul 28, 2020 | [Pro-life coalition letter to FDA Commissioner Hahn urging removal of mifepristone from the US market](../../letters/pl-2020-002.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | [Carol Tobias](../../letters/people/i0079.md), President (as “National Right to Life”) |
| Mar 2021 | [Pro-life coalition letter opposing the Equality Act (H.R. 5 / S. 393)](../../letters/pl-2021-001.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | [Carol Tobias](../../letters/people/i0079.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 | [Carol Tobias](../../letters/people/i0079.md), President (as “National Right to Life”) |
| 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 | [Carol Tobias](../../letters/people/i0079.md), President (as “National Right to Life”) |
| Jun 15, 2022 | [NRLC Post-Roe Model Abortion Law (Bopp memorandum)](../../letters/pl-2022-005.md) | Explicit opposition | 6 / 12 | [James Bopp, Jr.](../../letters/people/i0524.md), General Counsel |
| 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 | [Carol Tobias](../../letters/people/i0079.md), President |
| Feb 2025 | [North Dakota HB 1373 opposition (Students for Life, NRLC, ND Catholic Conference, ND Family Alliance)](../../letters/pl-2025-004.md) | Explicit opposition | 8 / 12 | Organization only |
| 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 (as “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 industry](../../letters/pl-2026-003.md) | By implication | 4 / 12 | [Carol Tobias](../../letters/people/i0079.md), President (as “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 reconciliation](../../letters/pl-2026-004.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | [Carol Tobias](../../letters/people/i0079.md), President (as “National Right to Life”) |
| Jun 23, 2026 | [Letter from 83 pro-life groups urging Acting AG Blanche to settle Louisiana v. FDA](../../letters/pl-2026-006.md) | By implication | 4 / 12 | [Carol Tobias](../../letters/people/i0079.md), President (as “National Right to Life”) |

## 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 (D2 or D4 ≥ 1): 6
- By shortfall type: 6 explicit opposition, 1 explicit incrementalism, 11 by implication

## People who signed for this organization

| Person | Titles as printed | Letters |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Carol Tobias](../../letters/people/i0079.md) | President | 11 |
| [James Bopp, Jr.](../../letters/people/i0524.md) | General Counsel | 1 |

## Affiliated organizations

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

- [Alabama Citizens for Life](o457.md) — AL
- [Arizona State Right to Life](o459.md) — AZ
- [Arkansas Right to Life](o166.md) — AR
- [Colorado Citizens for Life](o462.md) — CO
- [Delaware Citizens for Life](o463.md) — DE
- [Florida Right to Life](o236.md) — FL
- [Georgia Life Alliance](o046.md) — GA
- [Hawaii Life Alliance](o465.md) — HI
- [Human Life of Washington](o114.md) — WA
- [Illinois Federation for Right to Life](o466.md) — IL
- [Indiana Right to Life](o135.md) — IN
- [International Right to Life Federation and Life Issues Institute](o277.md)
- [Iowa Right to Life](o049.md) — IA
- [Kansans for Life](o167.md) — KS
- [Kentucky Right to Life](o138.md) — KY
- [Louisiana Right to Life](o133.md) — LA
- [Maine Right to Life](o134.md) — ME
- [Maryland Right to Life, Inc.](o271.md) — MD
- [Massachusetts Citizens for Life](o171.md) — MA
- [Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life](o238.md) — MN
- [Mississippi Right to Life](o468.md) — MS
- [Missouri Right to Life](o139.md) — MO
- [Nebraska Right to Life](o240.md) — NE
- [Nevada Right to Life](o241.md) — NV
- [New Hampshire Citizens for Life](o471.md) — NH
- [New Hampshire Right to Life](o146.md) — NH
- [New Jersey Right to Life](o194.md) — NJ
- [New York State Right to Life](o474.md) — NY
- [North Carolina Right to Life](o423.md) — NC
- [North Dakota Right to Life](o172.md) — ND
- [Ohio Right to Life](o092.md) — OH
- [Oklahomans For Life, Inc.](o243.md) — OK
- [Oregon Right to Life](o111.md) — OR
- [Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation](o173.md) — PA
- [Pro-Life Alaska](o458.md) — AK
- [Prolife Council of Connecticut](o250.md) — CT
- [Rhode Island State Right to Life](o477.md) — RI
- [Rhode Island State Right to Life Committee](o252.md) — RI
- [Right to Life Committee of New Mexico](o473.md) — NM
- [Right to Life of Idaho](o254.md) — ID
- [Right to Life of Michigan](o185.md) — MI
- [Right to Life of Montana](o469.md) — MT
- [Right to Life of Utah](o478.md) — UT
- [South Carolina Citizens for Life](o257.md) — SC
- [South Dakota Right to Life](o258.md) — SD
- [Tennessee Right to Life](o182.md) — TN
- [Vermont Right to Life Committee](o253.md) — VT
- [Virginia Society for Human Life](o479.md) — VA
- [West Virginians for Life](o255.md) — VA
- [Wisconsin Right to Life](o424.md) — WI
- [Wyoming Citizens for Life](o480.md) — WY
- [Wyoming Right to Life](o256.md) — WY

## Names as printed

- 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.