--- title: "Coalition letter to President Trump to end NIH research using aborted fetal tissue" description: "Coalition letter from Susan B. Anthony List, December 20, 2018, to President Donald Trump. Composite 2/12 — incrementalist by implication. “end the unethical practice of using taxpayer dollars to experiment on the bodies of aborted children”" type: "letter" letter_id: "PL-2018-002" date: "2018-12-20" letter_type: "Coalition letter" lead_org: "Susan B. Anthony List" recipient: "President Donald Trump" topic: "NIH fetal tissue research" shortfall_type: "incrementalist_by_implication" composite: 2 verification: "primary" signature_rows: 12 primary_url: "https://www.usccb.org/resources/Coalition-letter-to-Trump-on-Collins.pdf" source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2018-002.html" --- # Coalition letter to President Trump to end NIH research using aborted fetal tissue **Coalition letter** · December 20, 2018 · Incrementalist by implication · composite 2 / 12 · Primary source | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Letter ID | PL-2018-002 | | Date | December 20, 2018 | | Lead organization | [Susan B. Anthony List](../letters/orgs/o001.md) | | Recipient | President Donald Trump | | Topic | NIH fetal tissue research | | Type | Coalition letter | | Verification | Primary source | | Signature rows | 12 (12 reported) | | Completeness | Complete from letter text | ## Key language > “end the unethical practice of using taxpayer dollars to experiment on the bodies of aborted children” — Susan B. Anthony List, December 20, 2018 ## Scorecard Composite **2 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 | 1 | Mixed — mentions prayer or faith, or mixed religious signers | Moral/human-dignity framing without Scripture. | ## Signatories 12 signature rows · 12 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 | [Marjorie Dannenfelser](../letters/people/i0001.md) | President | [Susan B. Anthony List](../letters/orgs/o001.md) | | 2 | [Carol Tobias](../letters/people/i0079.md) | President | [National Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o074.md) | | 3 | [Penny Young Nance](../letters/people/i0004.md) | CEO and President | [Concerned Women for America LAC](../letters/orgs/o004.md) | | 4 | [Catherine Glenn Foster](../letters/people/i0109.md) | President and CEO | [American s United for Life](../letters/orgs/o005.md) | | 5 | [Jeannie Mancini](../letters/people/i0002.md) | President | [March for Life](../letters/orgs/o002.md) | | 6 | [Greg Schleppenbach](../letters/people/i0080.md) | Associate Director | [Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops](../letters/orgs/o189.md) | | 7 | [David Christensen](../letters/people/i0225.md) | VP for Government Affairs | [Family Research Council](../letters/orgs/o009.md) | | 8 | [David Daleiden](../letters/people/i0092.md) | Project Lead | [The Center for Medical Progress](../letters/orgs/o087.md) | | 9 | [Kristan Hawkins](../letters/people/i0008.md) | President | [Students for Life of America](../letters/orgs/o008.md) | | 10 | [Lila Rose](../letters/people/i0011.md) | President and Founder | [Live Action](../letters/orgs/o011.md) | | 11 | [Fr. Frank Pavone](../letters/people/i0027.md) | National Director | [Priests for Life](../letters/orgs/o026.md) | | 12 | [Janet Morana](../letters/people/i0030.md) | Executive Director | [Priests for Life](../letters/orgs/o026.md) | ## Organizations on this letter 11 distinct organizations and 12 named individuals, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities. - [Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America](../letters/orgs/o001.md) — Advocacy or other - [National Right to Life Committee](../letters/orgs/o074.md) — Right-to-life group - [Concerned Women for America](../letters/orgs/o004.md) — Advocacy or other - [Americans United for Life](../letters/orgs/o005.md) — Right-to-life group - [March for Life](../letters/orgs/o002.md) — Right-to-life group - [Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops](../letters/orgs/o189.md) — Religious body - [Family Research Council](../letters/orgs/o009.md) — Family policy council - [Center for Medical Progress](../letters/orgs/o087.md) — Medical - [Students for Life of America](../letters/orgs/o008.md) — Right-to-life group - [Live Action](../letters/orgs/o011.md) — Advocacy or other - [Priests for Life](../letters/orgs/o026.md) — Right-to-life group ## Sources - [usccb.org/resources/Coalition…](https://www.usccb.org/resources/Coalition-letter-to-Trump-on-Collins.pdf) — Primary source (https://www.usccb.org/resources/Coalition-letter-to-Trump-on-Collins.pdf) - [usccb.org/resources/coalition…](https://www.usccb.org/resources/coalition-letter-trump-collins) — secondary (https://www.usccb.org/resources/coalition-letter-trump-collins) ## 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.