---
title: "Bob Vander Plaats"
description: "Bob Vander Plaats (The FAMiLY Leader) signed 6 letters in the dataset."
type: "letter-person"
ind_id: "I0052"
primary_org: "The FAMiLY Leader"
org_count: 1
letter_count: 6
active_years: "2017–2026"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/people/i0052.html"
---

# Bob Vander Plaats

**[The FAMiLY Leader](../../letters/orgs/o048.md)** · 6 letters · 1 organization

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Individual ID | I0052 |
| Primary organization | [The FAMiLY Leader](../../letters/orgs/o048.md) |
| Organizations signed for | 1 |
| Letters signed | 6 |
| Active on letters | 2017–2026 |

## Letters signed

Oldest first. Title and organization are as printed on each letter.

| Date | Letter | Shortfall | Score | Title as printed | Organization as printed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | President & CEO | [The FAMiLY LEADER (Iowa)](../../letters/orgs/o048.md) |
| 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 | President & CEO | [The FAMiLY LEADER](../../letters/orgs/o048.md) |
| Mar 2021 | [Pro-life coalition letter opposing the Equality Act (H.R. 5 / S. 393)](../../letters/pl-2021-001.md) | By implication | 3 / 12 | President & CEO | [The FAMiLY Leader](../../letters/orgs/o048.md) |
| 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 | President and CEO | [The FAMiLY Leader](../../letters/orgs/o048.md) |
| Jan 9, 2026 | [Hyde Pro-Life Coalition Letter to Trump, Vance, Thune and Johnson](../../letters/pl-2026-001.md) | By implication | 4 / 12 | President/CEO | [The FAMiLY Leader](../../letters/orgs/o048.md) |
| 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 | President & CEO | [The FAMiLY Leader](../../letters/orgs/o048.md) |

## Organizations

- [The FAMiLY Leader](../../letters/orgs/o048.md) — 6 letters (primary)

## Editorial note

Names, titles and organizations are transcribed as printed on each letter; the normalization that merges renamed organizations and name variants is layered on top and is documented in the dataset guide. Appearing here records only that a name was printed on a letter in the dataset; it is not a characterization of the person's own views.