---
title: "Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission"
description: "Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (Religious body) signed 13 letters in the dataset, mean composite 3.6 of 12."
type: "letter-organization"
org_id: "O076"
org_type: "Religious body"
country: "US"
letter_count: 13
signer_count: 5
active_years: "2007–2026"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/orgs/o076.html"
---

# Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

_Also printed as: 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_

**Religious body** · US · 13 letters

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Organization ID | O076 |
| Organization type | Religious body |
| State | National / not stated |
| Country | United States |
| Parent organization | — |
| Letters signed | 13 |
| Named signers | 5 |
| Active on letters | 2007–2026 |

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | [Barrett Duke, Ph.D.](../../letters/people/i0292.md), Vice President for Public Policy and Research (as “Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission”) |
| 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 | [Russell Moore](../../letters/people/i0081.md), President (as “Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission”) |
| 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 | [Russell Moore](../../letters/people/i0081.md), President (as “Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission”) |
| 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 | [Russell Moore](../../letters/people/i0081.md), President (as “Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission”) |
| Mar 2021 | [Pro-life coalition letter opposing the Equality Act (H.R. 5 / S. 393)](../../letters/pl-2021-001.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | [Russell Moore](../../letters/people/i0081.md), President (as “Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission”) |
| 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 | [Brent Leatherwood](../../letters/people/i0113.md), VP of External Affairs and Chief of Staff (as “Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission”) |
| 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 | [Brent Leatherwood](../../letters/people/i0113.md), Acting President (as “Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention”) |
| Jul 15, 2024 | [AAF Pro-Life Coalition Letter to Republican National Convention delegates on the platform](../../letters/pl-2024-002.md) | Explicit incrementalism | 4 / 12 | [F. Brent Leatherwood](../../letters/people/i0113.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 |
| 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 | [Dr. Gary Hollingsworth](../../letters/people/i0147.md), Interim President |
| 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 | [Dr. Gary Hollingsworth](../../letters/people/i0147.md), Interim President (as “The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission”) |
| 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 | [Evan Lenow, Ph.D.](../../letters/people/i0200.md), President (as “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 drugs](../../letters/pl-2026-007.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | [Evan Lenow, Ph.D.](../../letters/people/i0200.md), President |

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

## People who signed for this organization

| Person | Titles as printed | Letters |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Russell Moore](../../letters/people/i0081.md) | President | 4 |
| [F. Brent Leatherwood](../../letters/people/i0113.md) | VP of External Affairs and Chief of Staff; Acting President; President | 3 |
| [Evan Lenow](../../letters/people/i0200.md) | President | 2 |
| [Gary Hollingsworth](../../letters/people/i0147.md) | Interim President | 2 |
| [Barrett Duke](../../letters/people/i0292.md) | Vice President for Public Policy and Research | 1 |

## Names as printed

- 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.