---
title: "Indiana Right to Life and Allen County Right to Life non-support of the Protection at Conception Act (HB 1430 / HB 1134)"
description: "Single-organization statement from Indiana Right to Life, March 2019, to Indiana Legislature / press. Composite 8/12 — explicit opposition to a tenet. “declined to support the bill; argued it was unconstitutional”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2019-004"
date: "2019-03"
letter_type: "Single-organization statement"
lead_org: "Indiana Right to Life"
recipient: "Indiana Legislature / press"
topic: "State abolition bill"
shortfall_type: "explicit_opposition_to_tenet"
composite: 8
verification: "secondary"
signature_rows: 2
primary_url: "https://freethestates.org/2019/03/indiana-pro-life-leaders-kill-protection-at-conception-act/"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2019-004.html"
---

# Indiana Right to Life and Allen County Right to Life non-support of the Protection at Conception Act (HB 1430 / HB 1134)

**Single-organization statement** · March 2019 · Explicit opposition to a tenet · composite 8 / 12 · Secondary coverage only

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2019-004 |
| Date | March 2019 |
| Lead organization | [Indiana Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o135.md) |
| Recipient | Indiana Legislature / press |
| Topic | State abolition bill |
| Type | Single-organization statement |
| Verification | Secondary coverage only |
| Signature rows | 2 |
| Completeness | Single organization |

## Key language

> “declined to support the bill; argued it was unconstitutional” — Indiana Right to Life, March 2019

## Scorecard

Composite **8 of 12** — explicit opposition to a tenet. 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) | 1 | Implied | Implied. |
| D3 Incrementalism | 2 | Explicitly endorses a regulatory or gestational bill instead of abolition | Preferred incremental bills. |
| D4 Opposition to abolition or equal-protection bills (fault line) | 2 | Explicitly opposes or lobbies against one | Withheld support / argued against abolition bill. |
| D5 Framing | 2 | Explicit leave-it-to-the-states, court-viability or electoral-pragmatism framing | Constitutionality framing. |
| D6 Secular framing | 1 | Mixed — mentions prayer or faith, or mixed religious signers | Mixed. |

## Spokesperson

2 signature rows · **Single organization.** A single-organization record; the spokesperson row is illustrative, not a signature block.

| # | Name as printed | Title as printed | Organization as printed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | — | — | [Indiana Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o135.md) |
| 2 | [Cathie Humbarger](../letters/people/i0042.md) | Executive Director | [Allen County Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o446.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

2 distinct organizations and 1 named individual, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

- [Indiana Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o135.md) — Right-to-life group, IN
- [Allen County Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o446.md) — Right-to-life group

## Sources

- [freethestates.org/2019/03/indiana-pro…](https://freethestates.org/2019/03/indiana-pro-life-leaders-kill-protection-at-conception-act/) — Secondary coverage only (https://freethestates.org/2019/03/indiana-pro-life-leaders-kill-protection-at-conception-act/)
- [christiannews.net/2019/03/19/pro-life…](https://christiannews.net/2019/03/19/pro-life-republican-chair-allows-indiana-protection-at-conception-bill-to-die-in-committee/) — secondary (https://christiannews.net/2019/03/19/pro-life-republican-chair-allows-indiana-protection-at-conception-bill-to-die-in-committee/)

## Notes

Primary IRTL statement not located.

## 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. This record is verified from secondary coverage only: the primary text has not yet been located, and its scores rest on language quoted in press coverage. Scores are judgment calls applied consistently by the published rubric.