Pro-life coalition letter opposing the Equality Act (H.R. 5 / S. 393)

PL-2021-001 · March 2021

Incrementalist by implication Primary text, reposted with signature block Coalition letter 3 / 12

Incrementalist by implication. Coalition letter on funding, drugs, research or related policy that takes no abolition position; scored D3=1.

Shortfall type
Incrementalist by implication
Date
March 2021
Lead organization
Susan B. Anthony List
Recipient
U.S. Senate
Topic
Equality Act / abortion mandate
Type
Coalition letter
Verification
Primary text, reposted with signature block
Signature rows
62 (~63 reported)
Completeness
Complete from letter text

§ 1 Key language

“the biggest setback to the pro-life movement since Roe v. Wade” Susan B. Anthony List, March 2021

§ 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.

DimensionScoreMeaning at this scoreRationale
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

62 signature rows · ~63 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.

#Name as printedTitle as printedOrganization as printed
1 Marjorie Dannenfelser President Susan B. Anthony List
2 Lila Rose Founder & President Live Action
3 Penny Young Nance CEO & President Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee
4 Ryan T. Anderson, PhD President Ethics and Public Policy Center
5 Russell Moore President Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
6 Fr. Frank Pavone National Director Priests for Life
7 Colleen Holcomb President Eagle Forum
8 Craig DeRoche President & CEO Family Policy Alliance
9 Garrett Bess Vice President of Government Relations and Communications Heritage Action for America
10 Rev. Dean Nelson Executive Director Human Coalition Action
11 Alexandra Snyder CEO Life Legal Defense Foundation
12 Robin Pierucci, MD, MA. Pro-Life Committee Chair The American College of Pediatricians
13 Janet Morana Co-Founder of The Silent No More Awareness Campaign Silent No More
14 Larry Cirignano DC Representative Children First Foundation
15 Cathie Humbarger CEO Reprotection, Inc.
16 Astrid Bennett Gutierrez Director and Founder The VIDA Initiative
17 Marie Tasy Executive Director New Jersey Right to Life
18 Gene Mills President Louisiana Family Forum
19 Joseph Brinck President Sanctity of Life Foundation
20 Nathan Winters Executive Director Family Policy Alliance of Wyoming
21 Bob Vander Plaats President & CEO The FAMiLY Leader
22 Aaron Baer President Center for Christian Virtue
23 Michael Gonidakis President Ohio Right to Life
24 Allan E. Parker, Jr. President The Justice Foundation
25 Julaine K. Appling President Wisconsin Family Action
26 Peggy Nienaber Vice President Faith & Liberty
27 Joel Brind President & CEO Natural Food Science, LLC
28 Jo Ann Gerling Director Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer
29 Samuel H. Lee Director Campaign Life Missouri
30 Eva Andrade President & CEO Hawaii Family Forum
31 Sheila L. Harper Founder & President SaveOne
32 Carol Tobias President National Right to Life Committee
33 Kristan Hawkins President Students for Life of America/SFLAction
34 Star Parker President Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE)
35 Tom McClusky President March for Life Action
36 Catherine Glenn Foster, M.A., J.D. President & CEO Americans United for Life
37 Andrew M. Bath Executive Vice President & General Counsel Thomas More Society
38 Bradley Mattes President Life Issues Institute
39 Roland Warren President & CEO Care Net
40 Thomas A. Glessner President National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA)
41 Day Gardner President National Black Pro-Life Union
42 Mary Vought Executive Director Senate Conservatives Fund
43 Hon. Joel D. Grewe Executive Director Generation Joshua
44 Deborah Tilden Co-Founder S.M.A.R.T. Women’s Healthcare – Division of LifeVictory Enterprises LLC
45 Sister Jane Abeln SMIC - Missionary Sisters of Immaculate Conception
46 Christopher Bell President Good Counsel
47 Cole Muzio President Family Policy Alliance of Georgia
48 Esther Ripplinger, MBA Executive Director Human Life of Washington
49 Cynthia Collins Founder SpeakHope
50 Andrew Shirvell, J.D. Founder & Executive Director Florida Voice for the Unborn
51 Joshua Edmonds Executive Director Georgia Life Alliance
52 Amber S. Haskew Director of Public Policy Liberty Counsel Action
53 C. Preston Noell III President Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
54 John Helmberger Chief Executive Officer Minnesota Family Council
55 David Nammo Executive Director & CEO Christian Legal Society
56 Kimberlee Wood Colby Director Center for Law & Religious Freedom
57 Joe Langfeld Executive Director Human Life Alliance
58 Dorothy Wallis President & CEO Caring to Love Ministries
59 Lois Anderson Executive Director Oregon Right to Life
60 Tami Fitzgerald Executive Director NC Values Coalition
61 Connie Eller, BSSW Founder Missouri Blacks for Life
62 Jim Minnery President Alaska Family Action

§ 4 Organizations on this letter

61 distinct organizations and 62 named individuals, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

Organizations

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America · Advocacy or other Live Action · Advocacy or other Concerned Women for America · Advocacy or other The Ethics and Public Policy Center · Advocacy or other Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission · Religious body Priests for Life · Right-to-life group Eagle Forum · Advocacy or other Family Policy Alliance · Family policy council Heritage Action for America · Advocacy or other Human Coalition · Advocacy or other Life Legal Defense Foundation · Legal American College of Pediatricians · Medical Silent No More Awareness Campaign · Advocacy or other Children First Foundation · Advocacy or other Reprotection · Advocacy or other The VIDA Initiative · Advocacy or other New Jersey Right to Life · Right-to-life group Louisiana Family Forum · Family policy council Sanctity of Life Foundation · Advocacy or other Wyoming Family Alliance · Family policy council The FAMiLY Leader · Family policy council Center for Christian Virtue · Advocacy or other Ohio Right to Life · Right-to-life group The Justice Foundation · Legal Wisconsin Family Action · Family policy council Faith & Liberty · Advocacy or other Natural Food Science, LLC · Advocacy or other Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer · Advocacy or other Campaign Life Missouri · Advocacy or other Hawaii Family Forum · Family policy council SaveOne · Advocacy or other National Right to Life Committee · Right-to-life group Students for Life of America · Right-to-life group Center for Urban Renewal and Education · Advocacy or other March for Life · Right-to-life group Americans United for Life · Right-to-life group Thomas More Society · Legal Life Issues Institute · Advocacy or other Care Net · Advocacy or other National Institute of Family and Life Advocates · Family policy council National Black Pro-Life Union · Advocacy or other Senate Conservatives Fund · Political party or office Generation Joshua · Advocacy or other S.M.A.R.T. Women's Healthcare · Medical SMIC - Missionary Sisters of Immaculate Conception · Religious body Good Counsel · Legal Georgia Life Alliance · Advocacy or other Human Life of Washington · Advocacy or other SpeakHope · Advocacy or other Florida Voice for the Unborn · Advocacy or other Liberty Counsel Action · Legal Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. · Family policy council Minnesota Family Council · Family policy council Christian Legal Society · Legal Center for Law & Religious Freedom · Legal Human Life Alliance · Advocacy or other Caring to Love Ministries · Advocacy or other Oregon Right to Life · Right-to-life group NC Values Coalition · Family policy council Missouri Blacks for Life · Right-to-life group Alaska Family Action · Family policy council

§ 5 Sources

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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.