§ 1 Letters signed
13 letters, 2007–2026, oldest first. The last column shows who signed for the organization on that letter, with the title and organization name exactly as printed.
| Date | Letter | Score | Signed as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2007 | Coalition letter to the U.S. Senate requesting suspension of Planned Parenthood federal funding (Kansas charges)Coalition letter · Planned Parenthood federal fundingBy implication | 3 / 12 | Barrett Duke, Ph.D., Vice President for Public Policy and Researchas “Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission” |
| 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 | Russell Moore, Presidentas “Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission” |
| 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 | Russell Moore, Presidentas “Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission” |
| 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 | Russell Moore, Presidentas “Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission” |
| Mar 2021 | Pro-life coalition letter opposing the Equality Act (H.R. 5 / S. 393)Coalition letter · Equality Act / abortion mandateBy implication | 3 / 12 | Russell Moore, Presidentas “Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission” |
| Sep 7, 2021 | Pro-life coalition letter urging Congress to protect the Hyde Amendment in appropriations and reconciliationCoalition letter · Hyde AmendmentBy implication | 3 / 12 | Brent Leatherwood, VP of External Affairs and Chief of Staffas “Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission” |
| 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 | Brent Leatherwood, Acting Presidentas “Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention” |
| Jul 15, 2024 | AAF Pro-Life Coalition Letter to Republican National Convention delegates on the platformCoalition letter · Republican platform abortion languageExplicit incrementalism | 4 / 12 | F. Brent Leatherwood, President |
| 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 |
| 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 | Dr. Gary Hollingsworth, Interim President |
| 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 | Dr. Gary Hollingsworth, Interim Presidentas “The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission” |
| 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 | Evan Lenow, Ph.D., Presidentas “Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention” |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Advancing American Freedom coalition letter to AG Blanche on the Comstock Act and mail-order abortion drugsCoalition letter · Comstock Act / mail-order abortion pillsBy implication | 3 / 12 | Evan Lenow, Ph.D., President |
§ 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
13
Mean composite
3.6 of 12
Fault-line letters
1 scored D2 or D4 ≥ 1
By shortfall type
1 explicit opposition · 1 explicit incrementalism · 11 by implication
§ 3 People who signed for this organization
| Person | Titles as printed | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| Russell Moore | President | 4 |
| F. Brent Leatherwood | VP of External Affairs and Chief of Staff; Acting President; President | 3 |
| Evan Lenow | President | 2 |
| Gary Hollingsworth | Interim President | 2 |
| Barrett Duke | Vice President for Public Policy and Research | 1 |
§ 4 Names as printed
Every spelling of this organization encountered across the letters, merged into this one entry.
Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
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.