§ 1 Key language
“removing the abortion pill (mifepristone) from the US market”
Live Action, July 28, 2020
§ 2 Scorecard
Composite 3 of 12 — incrementalist by implication. Each dimension is scored 0 (none), 1 (implied) or 2 (explicit); the rationale column is the editor's one-line reason for every non-zero score.
| 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. |
§ 3 Signatories
23 signature rows · 23 reported by the letter · Complete from letter text. Full signature block transcribed from the letter itself. Rows are transcribed as printed, in the order they appear; names link to the person, organizations to the organization.
§ 4 Organizations on this letter
23 distinct organizations and 23 named individuals, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.
Live Action · Advocacy or other
American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists · Medical
American College of Pediatricians · Medical
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America · Advocacy or other
Samaritan's Purse · Advocacy or other
Heritage Action for America · Advocacy or other
Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission · Religious body
March for Life · Right-to-life group
National Right to Life Committee · Right-to-life group
Americans United for Life · Right-to-life group
Students for Life of America / Students for Life Action · Right-to-life group
Concerned Women for America · Advocacy or other
Heartbeat International · Advocacy or other
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) · Family policy council
The Radiance Foundation · Advocacy or other
Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) · Family policy council
Human Coalition · Advocacy or other
Priests for Life · Right-to-life group
Care Net · Advocacy or other
Center for Medical Progress · Medical
Sidewalk Advocates for Life · Right-to-life group
The Restoration Project · Advocacy or other
Secular Pro-Life · Advocacy or other
§ 5 Sources
Letter/statement text read from the organization’s own document.
liveaction.org/assets/1749503543-fdaletter.pdfhttps://www.liveaction.org/assets/1749503543-fdaletter.pdf
Primary source
liveaction.org/news/pro-life-coali…https://www.liveaction.org/news/pro-life-coalition-fda-remove-abortion-pill/
Secondary
pregnancyhelpnews.com/pro-life-groups-ask…https://pregnancyhelpnews.com/pro-life-groups-ask-fda-to-pull-dangerous-abortion-pill-declare-it-a-public-health-hazard
Secondary
§ 6 Notes
Date corrected from 2020-07-30 to 2020-07-28 per the letter. 23 signers.
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; a disagreement is a disagreement with the rubric's conventions, not with an individual cell.