---
title: "Pro-life coalition letter to FDA Commissioner Hahn urging removal of mifepristone from the US market"
description: "Coalition letter from Live Action, July 28, 2020, to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn. Composite 3/12 — incrementalist by implication. “removing the abortion pill (mifepristone) from the US market”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2020-002"
date: "2020-07-28"
letter_type: "Coalition letter"
lead_org: "Live Action"
recipient: "FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn"
topic: "Mifepristone / REMS"
shortfall_type: "incrementalist_by_implication"
composite: 3
verification: "primary"
signature_rows: 23
primary_url: "https://www.liveaction.org/assets/1749503543-fdaletter.pdf"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2020-002.html"
---

# Pro-life coalition letter to FDA Commissioner Hahn urging removal of mifepristone from the US market

**Coalition letter** · July 28, 2020 · Incrementalist by implication · composite 3 / 12 · Primary source

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2020-002 |
| Date | July 28, 2020 |
| Lead organization | [Live Action](../letters/orgs/o011.md) |
| Recipient | FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn |
| Topic | Mifepristone / REMS |
| Type | Coalition letter |
| Verification | Primary source |
| Signature rows | 23 (23 reported) |
| Completeness | Complete from letter text |

## Key language

> “removing the abortion pill (mifepristone) from the US market” — Live Action, July 28, 2020

## 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

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 printed order.

| # | Name as printed | Title as printed | Organization as printed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Lila Rose](../letters/people/i0011.md) | President and Founder | [Live Action](../letters/orgs/o011.md) |
| 2 | [Donna J. Harrison, MD](../letters/people/i0013.md) | Executive Director | [American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists](../letters/orgs/o013.md) |
| 3 | [Michelle Cretella, MD](../letters/people/i0434.md) | Executive Director | [American College of Pediatricians](../letters/orgs/o165.md) |
| 4 | [Marjorie Dannenfelser](../letters/people/i0001.md) | President | [Susan B. Anthony List](../letters/orgs/o001.md) |
| 5 | [Franklin Graham](../letters/people/i0435.md) | President and Chief Executive Officer | [Samaritan's Purse](../letters/orgs/o416.md) |
| 6 | [Jessica Anderson](../letters/people/i0082.md) | Executive Director | [Heritage Action](../letters/orgs/o077.md) |
| 7 | [Russell Moore](../letters/people/i0081.md) | President | [Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission](../letters/orgs/o076.md) |
| 8 | [Jeanne Mancini](../letters/people/i0002.md) | President | [March for Life](../letters/orgs/o002.md) |
| 9 | [Carol Tobias](../letters/people/i0079.md) | President | [National Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o074.md) |
| 10 | [Catherine Glenn Foster](../letters/people/i0109.md) | President and CEO | [Americans United for Life](../letters/orgs/o005.md) |
| 11 | [Kristan Hawkins](../letters/people/i0008.md) | President | [Students for Life of America / Students for Life Action](../letters/orgs/o417.md) |
| 12 | [Penny Young Nance](../letters/people/i0004.md) | CEO and President | [Concerned Women for America LAC](../letters/orgs/o004.md) |
| 13 | [Jor-El Godsey](../letters/people/i0205.md) | President | [Heartbeat International](../letters/orgs/o169.md) |
| 14 | [Thomas A. Glessner](../letters/people/i0088.md) | President | [National Institute of Family & Life Advocates (NIFLA)](../letters/orgs/o418.md) |
| 15 | [Ryan Bomberger](../letters/people/i0024.md) | Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer | [The Radiance Foundation](../letters/orgs/o023.md) |
| 16 | [Austin Ruse](../letters/people/i0246.md) | President | [Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)](../letters/orgs/o208.md) |
| 17 | [Dean Nelson](../letters/people/i0122.md) | Executive Director | [Human Coalition Action](../letters/orgs/o031.md) |
| 18 | [Alveda King](../letters/people/i0037.md) | Executive Director, Civil Rights for The Unborn | [Priests for Life](../letters/orgs/o026.md) |
| 19 | [Roland C. Warren](../letters/people/i0019.md) | President and CEO | [Care Net](../letters/orgs/o018.md) |
| 20 | [David Daleiden](../letters/people/i0092.md) | President and Founder | [The Center for Medical Progress](../letters/orgs/o087.md) |
| 21 | [Lauren Muzyka](../letters/people/i0031.md) | Executive Director | [Sidewalk Advocates for Life](../letters/orgs/o029.md) |
| 22 | [Catherine Davis](../letters/people/i0436.md) | Founder and President | [The Restoration Project](../letters/orgs/o419.md) |
| 23 | [Kelsey Hazzard](../letters/people/i0028.md) | President | [Secular Pro-Life](../letters/orgs/o027.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

23 distinct organizations and 23 named individuals, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

- [Live Action](../letters/orgs/o011.md) — Advocacy or other
- [American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists](../letters/orgs/o013.md) — Medical
- [American College of Pediatricians](../letters/orgs/o165.md) — Medical
- [Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America](../letters/orgs/o001.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Samaritan's Purse](../letters/orgs/o416.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Heritage Action for America](../letters/orgs/o077.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission](../letters/orgs/o076.md) — Religious body
- [March for Life](../letters/orgs/o002.md) — Right-to-life group
- [National Right to Life Committee](../letters/orgs/o074.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Americans United for Life](../letters/orgs/o005.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Students for Life of America / Students for Life Action](../letters/orgs/o417.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Concerned Women for America](../letters/orgs/o004.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Heartbeat International](../letters/orgs/o169.md) — Advocacy or other
- [National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA)](../letters/orgs/o418.md) — Family policy council
- [The Radiance Foundation](../letters/orgs/o023.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)](../letters/orgs/o208.md) — Family policy council
- [Human Coalition](../letters/orgs/o031.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Priests for Life](../letters/orgs/o026.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Care Net](../letters/orgs/o018.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Center for Medical Progress](../letters/orgs/o087.md) — Medical
- [Sidewalk Advocates for Life](../letters/orgs/o029.md) — Right-to-life group
- [The Restoration Project](../letters/orgs/o419.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Secular Pro-Life](../letters/orgs/o027.md) — Advocacy or other

## Sources

- [liveaction.org/assets/1749503543-fdaletter.pdf](https://www.liveaction.org/assets/1749503543-fdaletter.pdf) — Primary source (https://www.liveaction.org/assets/1749503543-fdaletter.pdf)
- [liveaction.org/news/pro-life-coali…](https://www.liveaction.org/news/pro-life-coalition-fda-remove-abortion-pill/) — secondary (https://www.liveaction.org/news/pro-life-coalition-fda-remove-abortion-pill/)
- [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 (https://pregnancyhelpnews.com/pro-life-groups-ask-fda-to-pull-dangerous-abortion-pill-declare-it-a-public-health-hazard)

## 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.