---
title: "Coalition letter to the U.S. Senate requesting suspension of Planned Parenthood federal funding (Kansas charges)"
description: "Coalition letter from Operation Rescue / Concerned Women for America, October 24, 2007, to United States Senate. Composite 3/12 — incrementalist by implication. “request the immediate suspension of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2007-003"
date: "2007-10-24"
letter_type: "Coalition letter"
lead_org: "Operation Rescue / Concerned Women for America"
recipient: "United States Senate"
topic: "Planned Parenthood federal funding"
shortfall_type: "incrementalist_by_implication"
composite: 3
verification: "primary"
signature_rows: 63
primary_url: "https://www.operationrescue.org/sixty-groups-ask-congress-to-block-planned-parenthood-funding/"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2007-003.html"
---

# Coalition letter to the U.S. Senate requesting suspension of Planned Parenthood federal funding (Kansas charges)

**Coalition letter** · October 24, 2007 · Incrementalist by implication · composite 3 / 12 · Primary source

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2007-003 |
| Date | October 24, 2007 |
| Lead organization | Operation Rescue / Concerned Women for America |
| Recipient | United States Senate |
| Topic | Planned Parenthood federal funding |
| Type | Coalition letter |
| Verification | Primary source |
| Signature rows | 63 (60 orgs reported) |
| Completeness | Complete from letter text |

## Key language

> “request the immediate suspension of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding” — Operation Rescue / Concerned Women for America, October 24, 2007

## Scorecard

Composite **3 of 12** — incrementalist by implication. Each dimension is scored 0 (none), 1 (implied) or 2 (explicit); the rationale is the editor's one-line reason for every non-zero score. D2 and D4 are the fault line the abolitionist critique cares most about.

| Dimension | Score | Meaning at this score | Rationale |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| D1 Exceptions | 0 | None | — |
| D2 Immunity for the mother (fault line) | 0 | None | — |
| D3 Incrementalism | 1 | By implication — a funding, drug, research, Hyde or Title X letter that takes no abolition position | Seeks regulation/defunding/enforcement rather than abolition; takes no position on equal protection. |
| D4 Opposition to abolition or equal-protection bills (fault line) | 0 | None | — |
| D5 Framing | 0 | None | — |
| D6 Secular framing | 2 | Wholly secular, legal, fiscal, medical or political argument | Argued on fiscal, legal, medical or political grounds rather than Scripture/Gospel. |

## Signatories

63 signature rows · 60 orgs 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 | [Wendy Wright](../letters/people/i0262.md) | President | [Concerned Women for America](../letters/orgs/o004.md) |
| 2 | [Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse](../letters/people/i0263.md) | Director and Senior Fellow | [The Beverly LaHaye Institute](../letters/orgs/o276.md) |
| 3 | [Kristan J. Hawkins](../letters/people/i0008.md) | Executive Director | [Students for Life of America](../letters/orgs/o008.md) |
| 4 | [Austin Ruse](../letters/people/i0246.md) | President | [Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute](../letters/orgs/o208.md) |
| 5 | [Carrie Gordon Earll](../letters/people/i0264.md) | Senior Director, Government and Public Policy | [Focus on the Family](../letters/orgs/o168.md) |
| 6 | [J. C. Willke, MD](../letters/people/i0265.md) | President | [International Right to Life Federation and Life Issues Institute](../letters/orgs/o277.md) |
| 7 | [David Stevens, MD](../letters/people/i0266.md) | Chief Executive Officer | [Christian Medical Association](../letters/orgs/o037.md) |
| 8 | [Bradley Mattes](../letters/people/i0033.md) | Executive Director | [Life Issues Institute](../letters/orgs/o030.md) |
| 9 | [Paula Westwood](../letters/people/i0267.md) | Executive Director | [Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati](../letters/orgs/o221.md) |
| 10 | [Jennifer Giroux](../letters/people/i0268.md) | Executive Director | [Women Influencing the Nation](../letters/orgs/o278.md) |
| 11 | [Tracie Johnson](../letters/people/i0269.md) | President | [Ohio Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o092.md) |
| 12 | [Donna M. Phelps, CMM](../letters/people/i0270.md) | President | [Healthy Beginnings, Inc](../letters/orgs/o279.md) |
| 13 | [Joseph Platt](../letters/people/i0271.md) | Attorney at Law, Board Member | [Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati](../letters/orgs/o221.md) |
| 14 | [Troy Newman](../letters/people/i0100.md) | President | [Operation Rescue](../letters/orgs/o094.md) |
| 15 | [David Fowler](../letters/people/i0062.md) | President | [The Family Action Council of Tennessee](../letters/orgs/o057.md) |
| 16 | [Steven W. Fitschen](../letters/people/i0272.md) | President | [The National Legal Foundation](../letters/orgs/o280.md) |
| 17 | [Lori Viars](../letters/people/i0273.md) | Executive Director | [Family First PAC](../letters/orgs/o281.md) |
| 18 | [Michael Geer](../letters/people/i0060.md) | President | [Pennsylvania Family Institute](../letters/orgs/o055.md) |
| 19 | [Debbie Smith](../letters/people/i0274.md) | President | [Warren County (Ohio) Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o282.md) |
| 20 | [Julie Lynde](../letters/people/i0275.md) | Executive Director | [Cornerstone Institute of Idaho](../letters/orgs/o283.md) |
| 21 | [Donald E. Wildmon](../letters/people/i0276.md) | Chairman | [American Family Association](../letters/orgs/o162.md) |
| 22 | [Carmen Pate](../letters/people/i0277.md) | Co-Host | [Point of View Radio Talk Show](../letters/orgs/o284.md) |
| 23 | [David E. Smith](../letters/people/i0278.md) | Executive Director | [Illinois Family Institute](../letters/orgs/o285.md) |
| 24 | [Victoria Cobb](../letters/people/i0066.md) | President | [The Family Foundation of Virginia](../letters/orgs/o061.md) |
| 25 | [Douglas Stiegler](../letters/people/i0279.md) | Executive Director | [Maryland Family Protection Lobby](../letters/orgs/o286.md) |
| 26 | [Eric Scheidler](../letters/people/i0025.md) | — | [Families Against Planned Parenthood](../letters/orgs/o287.md) |
| 27 | [Jim Pfaff](../letters/people/i0280.md) | President and CEO | [Colorado Family Institute](../letters/orgs/o043.md) |
| 28 | [Clarke D. Forsythe](../letters/people/i0005.md) | President | [Americans United for Life](../letters/orgs/o005.md) |
| 29 | [Andrea Lafferty](../letters/people/i0281.md) | Executive Director | [Traditional Values Coalition](../letters/orgs/o288.md) |
| 30 | [Mark Williamson](../letters/people/i0282.md) | Founder and President | [Federal Intercessors](../letters/orgs/o289.md) |
| 31 | [Star Parker](../letters/people/i0015.md) | President | [Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education](../letters/orgs/o015.md) |
| 32 | [Rick Scarborough](../letters/people/i0283.md) | President | [Vision America Action](../letters/orgs/o290.md) |
| 33 | [Jim Boulet, Jr.](../letters/people/i0284.md) | Executive Director | [English First](../letters/orgs/o291.md) |
| 34 | [Richard Falknor](../letters/people/i0285.md) | Executive Vice-President | [Maryland Taxpayers Association, Inc.](../letters/orgs/o292.md) |
| 35 | [Peter LaBarbera](../letters/people/i0286.md) | President | [Americans For Truth](../letters/orgs/o293.md) |
| 36 | [Tom Shields](../letters/people/i0287.md) | Chairman | [Coalition for Marriage and Family](../letters/orgs/o294.md) |
| 37 | [Paul Weyrich](../letters/people/i0288.md) | Chairman | [Coalitions for America](../letters/orgs/o295.md) |
| 38 | [Harry Valentine](../letters/people/i0289.md) | Publisher | [The Capitol Hill Prayer Alerts](../letters/orgs/o296.md) |
| 39 | [Ron Shuping](../letters/people/i0290.md) | Executive VP of Programming | [The Inspiration Networks](../letters/orgs/o297.md) |
| 40 | [Warren Kelley](../letters/people/i0291.md) | President | [Point of View Radio](../letters/orgs/o298.md) |
| 41 | [Barrett Duke, Ph.D.](../letters/people/i0292.md) | Vice President for Public Policy and Research | [Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission](../letters/orgs/o076.md) |
| 42 | [Richard Bott, II](../letters/people/i0293.md) | — | [Bott Radio Network](../letters/orgs/o299.md) |
| 43 | [Richard Bott, Sr.](../letters/people/i0294.md) | — | [Bott Radio Network](../letters/orgs/o299.md) |
| 44 | [Julaine K. Appling](../letters/people/i0076.md) | CEO | [Wisconsin Family Council, Inc.](../letters/orgs/o071.md) |
| 45 | [Margaret H. Hartshorn, Ph.D.](../letters/people/i0295.md) | President | [Heartbeat International](../letters/orgs/o169.md) |
| 46 | [Kent Ostrander](../letters/people/i0056.md) | Executive Director | [The Family Foundation (Kentucky)](../letters/orgs/o051.md) |
| 47 | [Dana Cody](../letters/people/i0296.md) | Executive Director | [Life Legal Defense Foundation](../letters/orgs/o098.md) |
| 48 | [Phillip L. Jauregui](../letters/people/i0297.md) | President | [Judicial Action Group](../letters/orgs/o300.md) |
| 49 | [Brian Harris](../letters/people/i0298.md) | President | [Tennessee Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o182.md) |
| 50 | [Reverend William Owens](../letters/people/i0299.md) | Chairman | [Coalition of African American Pastors](../letters/orgs/o301.md) |
| 51 | [Mariam Bell](../letters/people/i0300.md) | National Director of Public Policy | [Prison Fellowship Ministries](../letters/orgs/o302.md) |
| 52 | [Colin A. Hanna](../letters/people/i0301.md) | President | [Let Freedom Ring, Inc.](../letters/orgs/o303.md) |
| 53 | [John Helmberger](../letters/people/i0063.md) | CEO | [Minnesota Family Council](../letters/orgs/o058.md) |
| 54 | [Chuck Hurley](../letters/people/i0302.md) | President | [Iowa Family Policy Center](../letters/orgs/o304.md) |
| 55 | [Anita L. Staver](../letters/people/i0303.md) | President | [Liberty Counsel](../letters/orgs/o106.md) |
| 56 | [Mathew D. Staver](../letters/people/i0304.md) | Founder and Chairman; Dean and Professor of Law, Liberty University School of Law | [Liberty Counsel](../letters/orgs/o106.md) |
| 57 | [Joseph Scheidler](../letters/people/i0305.md) | National Director | [Pro-Life Action League](../letters/orgs/o024.md) |
| 58 | [William A. Donohue, Ph.D.](../letters/people/i0306.md) | President | [Catholic League](../letters/orgs/o305.md) |
| 59 | [Brian Burch](../letters/people/i0226.md) | President | [Fidelis](../letters/orgs/o306.md) |
| 60 | [Phyllis Schlafly](../letters/people/i0307.md) | President & Founder | [Eagle Forum](../letters/orgs/o078.md) |
| 61 | [Cheryl Sullenger](../letters/people/i0308.md) | Senior Policy Advisor | [Operation Rescue](../letters/orgs/o094.md) |
| 62 | [Dr. Alveda King](../letters/people/i0037.md) | Pastoral Associate | [Priests for Life](../letters/orgs/o026.md) |
| 63 | [Day Gardner](../letters/people/i0023.md) | President | [National Black Pro-Life Union](../letters/orgs/o022.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

59 distinct organizations and 63 named individuals, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

- [Concerned Women for America](../letters/orgs/o004.md) — Advocacy or other
- [The Beverly LaHaye Institute](../letters/orgs/o276.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Students for Life of America](../letters/orgs/o008.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)](../letters/orgs/o208.md) — Family policy council
- [Focus on the Family](../letters/orgs/o168.md) — Family policy council
- [International Right to Life Federation and Life Issues Institute](../letters/orgs/o277.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Christian Medical & Dental Associations](../letters/orgs/o037.md) — Medical
- [Life Issues Institute](../letters/orgs/o030.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati](../letters/orgs/o221.md) — Right-to-life group, OH
- [Women Influencing the Nation](../letters/orgs/o278.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Ohio Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o092.md) — Right-to-life group, OH
- [Healthy Beginnings, Inc](../letters/orgs/o279.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Operation Rescue](../letters/orgs/o094.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Family Action Council of Tennessee](../letters/orgs/o057.md) — Family policy council, TN
- [The National Legal Foundation](../letters/orgs/o280.md) — Legal
- [Family First PAC](../letters/orgs/o281.md) — Family policy council
- [Pennsylvania Family Institute](../letters/orgs/o055.md) — Family policy council, PA
- [Warren County (Ohio) Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o282.md) — Right-to-life group, OH
- [Cornerstone Institute of Idaho](../letters/orgs/o283.md) — Family policy council, ID
- [American Family Association](../letters/orgs/o162.md) — Family policy council
- [Point of View Radio Talk Show](../letters/orgs/o284.md) — Media
- [Illinois Family Institute](../letters/orgs/o285.md) — Family policy council, IL
- [Family Foundation of Virginia](../letters/orgs/o061.md) — Family policy council, VA
- [Maryland Family Protection Lobby](../letters/orgs/o286.md) — Family policy council, MD
- [Families Against Planned Parenthood](../letters/orgs/o287.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Colorado Family Institute](../letters/orgs/o043.md) — Family policy council, CO
- [Americans United for Life](../letters/orgs/o005.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Traditional Values Coalition](../letters/orgs/o288.md) — Family policy council
- [Federal Intercessors](../letters/orgs/o289.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Center for Urban Renewal and Education](../letters/orgs/o015.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Vision America Action](../letters/orgs/o290.md) — Advocacy or other
- [English First](../letters/orgs/o291.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Maryland Taxpayers Association, Inc.](../letters/orgs/o292.md) — Advocacy or other, MD
- [Americans For Truth](../letters/orgs/o293.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Coalition for Marriage and Family](../letters/orgs/o294.md) — Family policy council
- [Coalitions for America](../letters/orgs/o295.md) — Advocacy or other
- [The Capitol Hill Prayer Alerts](../letters/orgs/o296.md) — Advocacy or other
- [The Inspiration Networks](../letters/orgs/o297.md) — Media
- [Point of View Radio](../letters/orgs/o298.md) — Media
- [Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission](../letters/orgs/o076.md) — Religious body
- [Bott Radio Network](../letters/orgs/o299.md) — Media
- [Wisconsin Family Action](../letters/orgs/o071.md) — Family policy council, WI
- [Heartbeat International](../letters/orgs/o169.md) — Advocacy or other
- [The Family Foundation of Kentucky](../letters/orgs/o051.md) — Family policy council, KY
- [Life Legal Defense Foundation](../letters/orgs/o098.md) — Legal
- [Judicial Action Group](../letters/orgs/o300.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Tennessee Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o182.md) — Right-to-life group, TN
- [Coalition of African American Pastors](../letters/orgs/o301.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Prison Fellowship Ministries](../letters/orgs/o302.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Let Freedom Ring, Inc.](../letters/orgs/o303.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Minnesota Family Council](../letters/orgs/o058.md) — Family policy council, MN
- [Iowa Family Policy Center](../letters/orgs/o304.md) — Family policy council, IA
- [Liberty Counsel](../letters/orgs/o106.md) — Legal
- [Pro-Life Action League](../letters/orgs/o024.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Catholic League](../letters/orgs/o305.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Fidelis](../letters/orgs/o306.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Eagle Forum](../letters/orgs/o078.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Priests for Life](../letters/orgs/o026.md) — Right-to-life group
- [National Black Pro-Life Union](../letters/orgs/o022.md) — Advocacy or other

## Sources

- [operationrescue.org/sixty-groups-ask-co…](https://www.operationrescue.org/sixty-groups-ask-congress-to-block-planned-parenthood-funding/) — Primary source (https://www.operationrescue.org/sixty-groups-ask-congress-to-block-planned-parenthood-funding/)
- [deaconforlife.blogspot.com/2007/10](https://deaconforlife.blogspot.com/2007/10/?m=0) — secondary (https://deaconforlife.blogspot.com/2007/10/?m=0)

## Notes

Full 63-signer block transcribed from the letter PDF (two-column layout).

## 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.