---
title: "An Open Letter to Pro-lifers — 'Supreme Court Actually Kept Partial Birth Abortion Legal' (Human Events ad)"
description: "Coalition letter from Colorado Right to Life, June 11, 2007, to Pro-life movement / public. Control record — meets or exceeds the standard. “withhold support from any effort that would intentionally kill one innocent baby”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2007-001"
date: "2007-06-11"
letter_type: "Coalition letter"
lead_org: "Colorado Right to Life"
recipient: "Pro-life movement / public"
topic: "Gonzales v. Carhart / incrementalism"
shortfall_type: "exceeds_standard_contrast"
verification: "primary"
signature_rows: 7
primary_url: "https://coloradortl.org/human-events-ad/"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2007-001.html"
---

# An Open Letter to Pro-lifers — 'Supreme Court Actually Kept Partial Birth Abortion Legal' (Human Events ad)

**Coalition letter** · June 11, 2007 · Control record — meets or exceeds the standard · composite unscored · Primary source

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2007-001 |
| Date | June 11, 2007 |
| Lead organization | [Colorado Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o402.md) |
| Recipient | Pro-life movement / public |
| Topic | Gonzales v. Carhart / incrementalism |
| Type | Coalition letter |
| Verification | Primary source |
| Signature rows | 7 (6 (+1 later) reported) |
| Completeness | Complete from letter text |

## Key language

> “withhold support from any effort that would intentionally kill one innocent baby” — Colorado Right to Life, June 11, 2007

## Scorecard

This record is **not scored** (control record — meets or exceeds the standard). The rubric measures how far a document falls short of the abolitionist standard; this one does not fall short, so it is kept as a control for comparison with the scored records. Record that meets or exceeds the standard on the dimension at issue; kept for contrast, scores null or low.

**Editor's note on this record:** Anti-incrementalist rebuke of pro-life leaders; meets or exceeds the abolitionist immediatism tenet. Kept as a contrast record, not scored.

| Dimension | Score | Meaning at this score | Rationale |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| D1 Exceptions | — | Not scored | — |
| D2 Immunity for the mother (fault line) | — | Not scored | — |
| D3 Incrementalism | — | Not scored | — |
| D4 Opposition to abolition or equal-protection bills (fault line) | — | Not scored | — |
| D5 Framing | — | Not scored | — |
| D6 Secular framing | — | Not scored | — |

## Signatories

7 signature rows · 6 (+1 later) reported by the letter · **Complete from letter text.** Full signature block transcribed from the letter itself. Rows are transcribed as printed, in printed order.

| # | Name as printed | Title as printed | Organization as printed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Brian Rohrbough](../letters/people/i0428.md) | President | [Colorado Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o402.md) |
| 2 | [Rev. Tom Euteneuer](../letters/people/i0429.md) | President | [Human Life International](../letters/orgs/o032.md) |
| 3 | [Flip Benham](../letters/people/i0430.md) | Director | [Operation Rescue / Operation Save America](../letters/orgs/o094.md) |
| 4 | [Dr. Pat Johnston](../letters/people/i0431.md) | — | [ProLife Physicians](../letters/orgs/o403.md) |
| 5 | [Bob Enyart](../letters/people/i0432.md) | Pastor | [Denver Bible Church](../letters/orgs/o404.md) |
| 6 | [Judie Brown](../letters/people/i0014.md) | President | [American Life League](../letters/orgs/o014.md) |
| 7 | [Amb. Alan Keyes](../letters/people/i0433.md) | — | (later publications; signed in own name) |

## Organizations on this letter

6 distinct organizations and 7 named individuals, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

- [Colorado Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o402.md) — Right-to-life group, CO
- [Human Life International](../letters/orgs/o032.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Operation Rescue](../letters/orgs/o094.md) — Advocacy or other
- [ProLife Physicians](../letters/orgs/o403.md) — Medical
- [Denver Bible Church](../letters/orgs/o404.md) — Religious body
- [American Life League](../letters/orgs/o014.md) — Advocacy or other

## Sources

- [coloradortl.org/human-events-ad](https://coloradortl.org/human-events-ad/) — Primary source (https://coloradortl.org/human-events-ad/)
- [coloradortl.org/pro-life-leaders-co…](https://coloradortl.org/pro-life-leaders-condemning-the-pba-ruling/) — secondary (https://coloradortl.org/pro-life-leaders-condemning-the-pba-ruling/)
- [coloradortl.org/open-letter-to-dr-james-dobson](https://coloradortl.org/open-letter-to-dr-james-dobson/) — secondary (https://coloradortl.org/open-letter-to-dr-james-dobson/)

## Editorial note

The rubric records distance from the standard published by Abolitionists Rising, not a moral verdict; every organization scored here regards itself as pro-life. Scores are judgment calls applied consistently by the published rubric.