---
title: "Pro-life coalition letter opposing the Equality Act (H.R. 5 / S. 393)"
description: "Coalition letter from Susan B. Anthony List, March 2021, to U.S. Senate. Composite 3/12 — incrementalist by implication. “the biggest setback to the pro-life movement since Roe v. Wade”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2021-001"
date: "2021-03"
letter_type: "Coalition letter"
lead_org: "Susan B. Anthony List"
recipient: "U.S. Senate"
topic: "Equality Act / abortion mandate"
shortfall_type: "incrementalist_by_implication"
composite: 3
verification: "primary_repost"
signature_rows: 62
primary_url: "https://theiowastandard.com/pro-life-coalition-letter-opposing-the-equality-act/"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2021-001.html"
---

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

**Coalition letter** · March 2021 · Incrementalist by implication · composite 3 / 12 · Primary text, reposted with signature block

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2021-001 |
| Date | March 2021 |
| Lead organization | [Susan B. Anthony List](../letters/orgs/o001.md) |
| 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 |

## Key language

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

## 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

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 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 | [Lila Rose](../letters/people/i0011.md) | Founder & President | [Live Action](../letters/orgs/o011.md) |
| 3 | [Penny Young Nance](../letters/people/i0004.md) | CEO & President | [Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee](../letters/orgs/o004.md) |
| 4 | [Ryan T. Anderson, PhD](../letters/people/i0220.md) | President | [Ethics and Public Policy Center](../letters/orgs/o184.md) |
| 5 | [Russell Moore](../letters/people/i0081.md) | President | [Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission](../letters/orgs/o076.md) |
| 6 | [Fr. Frank Pavone](../letters/people/i0027.md) | National Director | [Priests for Life](../letters/orgs/o026.md) |
| 7 | [Colleen Holcomb](../letters/people/i0116.md) | President | [Eagle Forum](../letters/orgs/o078.md) |
| 8 | [Craig DeRoche](../letters/people/i0149.md) | President & CEO | [Family Policy Alliance](../letters/orgs/o003.md) |
| 9 | [Garrett Bess](../letters/people/i0112.md) | Vice President of Government Relations and Communications | [Heritage Action for America](../letters/orgs/o077.md) |
| 10 | [Rev. Dean Nelson](../letters/people/i0122.md) | Executive Director | [Human Coalition Action](../letters/orgs/o031.md) |
| 11 | [Alexandra Snyder](../letters/people/i0104.md) | CEO | [Life Legal Defense Foundation](../letters/orgs/o098.md) |
| 12 | [Robin Pierucci, MD, MA.](../letters/people/i0114.md) | Pro-Life Committee Chair | [The American College of Pediatricians](../letters/orgs/o165.md) |
| 13 | [Janet Morana](../letters/people/i0030.md) | Co-Founder of The Silent No More Awareness Campaign | [Silent No More](../letters/orgs/o192.md) |
| 14 | [Larry Cirignano](../letters/people/i0085.md) | DC Representative | [Children First Foundation](../letters/orgs/o080.md) |
| 15 | [Cathie Humbarger](../letters/people/i0042.md) | CEO | [Reprotection, Inc.](../letters/orgs/o115.md) |
| 16 | [Astrid Bennett Gutierrez](../letters/people/i0230.md) | Director and Founder | [The VIDA Initiative](../letters/orgs/o193.md) |
| 17 | [Marie Tasy](../letters/people/i0231.md) | Executive Director | [New Jersey Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o194.md) |
| 18 | [Gene Mills](../letters/people/i0057.md) | President | [Louisiana Family Forum](../letters/orgs/o052.md) |
| 19 | [Joseph Brinck](../letters/people/i0012.md) | President | [Sanctity of Life Foundation](../letters/orgs/o012.md) |
| 20 | [Nathan Winters](../letters/people/i0224.md) | Executive Director | [Family Policy Alliance of Wyoming](../letters/orgs/o188.md) |
| 21 | [Bob Vander Plaats](../letters/people/i0052.md) | President & CEO | [The FAMiLY Leader](../letters/orgs/o048.md) |
| 22 | [Aaron Baer](../letters/people/i0074.md) | President | [Center for Christian Virtue](../letters/orgs/o069.md) |
| 23 | [Michael Gonidakis](../letters/people/i0098.md) | President | [Ohio Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o092.md) |
| 24 | [Allan E. Parker, Jr.](../letters/people/i0105.md) | President | [The Justice Foundation](../letters/orgs/o099.md) |
| 25 | [Julaine K. Appling](../letters/people/i0076.md) | President | [Wisconsin Family Action](../letters/orgs/o071.md) |
| 26 | [Peggy Nienaber](../letters/people/i0131.md) | Vice President | [Faith & Liberty](../letters/orgs/o195.md) |
| 27 | [Joel Brind](../letters/people/i0032.md) | President & CEO | [Natural Food Science, LLC](../letters/orgs/o196.md) |
| 28 | [Jo Ann Gerling](../letters/people/i0232.md) | Director | [Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer](../letters/orgs/o197.md) |
| 29 | [Samuel H. Lee](../letters/people/i0091.md) | Director | [Campaign Life Missouri](../letters/orgs/o086.md) |
| 30 | [Eva Andrade](../letters/people/i0036.md) | President & CEO | [Hawaii Family Forum](../letters/orgs/o033.md) |
| 31 | [Sheila L. Harper](../letters/people/i0233.md) | Founder & President | [SaveOne](../letters/orgs/o198.md) |
| 32 | [Carol Tobias](../letters/people/i0079.md) | President | [National Right to Life Committee](../letters/orgs/o074.md) |
| 33 | [Kristan Hawkins](../letters/people/i0008.md) | President | [Students for Life of America/SFLAction](../letters/orgs/o008.md) |
| 34 | [Star Parker](../letters/people/i0015.md) | President | [Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE)](../letters/orgs/o015.md) |
| 35 | [Tom McClusky](../letters/people/i0017.md) | President | [March for Life Action](../letters/orgs/o002.md) |
| 36 | [Catherine Glenn Foster, M.A., J.D.](../letters/people/i0234.md) | President & CEO | [Americans United for Life](../letters/orgs/o005.md) |
| 37 | [Andrew M. Bath](../letters/people/i0117.md) | Executive Vice President & General Counsel | [Thomas More Society](../letters/orgs/o101.md) |
| 38 | [Bradley Mattes](../letters/people/i0033.md) | President | [Life Issues Institute](../letters/orgs/o030.md) |
| 39 | [Roland Warren](../letters/people/i0019.md) | President & CEO | [Care Net](../letters/orgs/o018.md) |
| 40 | [Thomas A. Glessner](../letters/people/i0088.md) | President | [National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA)](../letters/orgs/o083.md) |
| 41 | [Day Gardner](../letters/people/i0023.md) | President | [National Black Pro-Life Union](../letters/orgs/o022.md) |
| 42 | [Mary Vought](../letters/people/i0235.md) | Executive Director | [Senate Conservatives Fund](../letters/orgs/o199.md) |
| 43 | [Hon. Joel D. Grewe](../letters/people/i0119.md) | Executive Director | [Generation Joshua](../letters/orgs/o104.md) |
| 44 | [Deborah Tilden](../letters/people/i0128.md) | Co-Founder | [S.M.A.R.T. Women’s Healthcare – Division of LifeVictory Enterprises LLC](../letters/orgs/o112.md) |
| 45 | [Sister Jane Abeln](../letters/people/i0236.md) | — | [SMIC - Missionary Sisters of Immaculate Conception](../letters/orgs/o200.md) |
| 46 | [Christopher Bell](../letters/people/i0237.md) | President | [Good Counsel](../letters/orgs/o201.md) |
| 47 | [Cole Muzio](../letters/people/i0050.md) | President | [Family Policy Alliance of Georgia](../letters/orgs/o046.md) |
| 48 | [Esther Ripplinger, MBA](../letters/people/i0130.md) | Executive Director | [Human Life of Washington](../letters/orgs/o114.md) |
| 49 | [Cynthia Collins](../letters/people/i0099.md) | Founder | [SpeakHope](../letters/orgs/o202.md) |
| 50 | [Andrew Shirvell, J.D.](../letters/people/i0126.md) | Founder & Executive Director | [Florida Voice for the Unborn](../letters/orgs/o110.md) |
| 51 | [Joshua Edmonds](../letters/people/i0121.md) | Executive Director | [Georgia Life Alliance](../letters/orgs/o046.md) |
| 52 | [Amber S. Haskew](../letters/people/i0118.md) | Director of Public Policy | [Liberty Counsel Action](../letters/orgs/o103.md) |
| 53 | [C. Preston Noell III](../letters/people/i0124.md) | President | [Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.](../letters/orgs/o108.md) |
| 54 | [John Helmberger](../letters/people/i0063.md) | Chief Executive Officer | [Minnesota Family Council](../letters/orgs/o058.md) |
| 55 | [David Nammo](../letters/people/i0087.md) | Executive Director & CEO | [Christian Legal Society](../letters/orgs/o082.md) |
| 56 | [Kimberlee Wood Colby](../letters/people/i0238.md) | Director | [Center for Law & Religious Freedom](../letters/orgs/o203.md) |
| 57 | [Joe Langfeld](../letters/people/i0029.md) | Executive Director | [Human Life Alliance](../letters/orgs/o028.md) |
| 58 | [Dorothy Wallis](../letters/people/i0191.md) | President & CEO | [Caring to Love Ministries](../letters/orgs/o161.md) |
| 59 | [Lois Anderson](../letters/people/i0127.md) | Executive Director | [Oregon Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o111.md) |
| 60 | [Tami Fitzgerald](../letters/people/i0096.md) | Executive Director | [NC Values Coalition](../letters/orgs/o091.md) |
| 61 | [Connie Eller, BSSW](../letters/people/i0065.md) | Founder | [Missouri Blacks for Life](../letters/orgs/o060.md) |
| 62 | [Jim Minnery](../letters/people/i0043.md) | President | [Alaska Family Action](../letters/orgs/o039.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

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

- [Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America](../letters/orgs/o001.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Live Action](../letters/orgs/o011.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Concerned Women for America](../letters/orgs/o004.md) — Advocacy or other
- [The Ethics and Public Policy Center](../letters/orgs/o184.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission](../letters/orgs/o076.md) — Religious body
- [Priests for Life](../letters/orgs/o026.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Eagle Forum](../letters/orgs/o078.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Family Policy Alliance](../letters/orgs/o003.md) — Family policy council
- [Heritage Action for America](../letters/orgs/o077.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Human Coalition](../letters/orgs/o031.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Life Legal Defense Foundation](../letters/orgs/o098.md) — Legal
- [American College of Pediatricians](../letters/orgs/o165.md) — Medical
- [Silent No More Awareness Campaign](../letters/orgs/o192.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Children First Foundation](../letters/orgs/o080.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Reprotection](../letters/orgs/o115.md) — Advocacy or other
- [The VIDA Initiative](../letters/orgs/o193.md) — Advocacy or other
- [New Jersey Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o194.md) — Right-to-life group, NJ
- [Louisiana Family Forum](../letters/orgs/o052.md) — Family policy council, LA
- [Sanctity of Life Foundation](../letters/orgs/o012.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Wyoming Family Alliance](../letters/orgs/o188.md) — Family policy council, WY
- [The FAMiLY Leader](../letters/orgs/o048.md) — Family policy council
- [Center for Christian Virtue](../letters/orgs/o069.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Ohio Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o092.md) — Right-to-life group, OH
- [The Justice Foundation](../letters/orgs/o099.md) — Legal
- [Wisconsin Family Action](../letters/orgs/o071.md) — Family policy council, WI
- [Faith & Liberty](../letters/orgs/o195.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Natural Food Science, LLC](../letters/orgs/o196.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer](../letters/orgs/o197.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Campaign Life Missouri](../letters/orgs/o086.md) — Advocacy or other, MO
- [Hawaii Family Forum](../letters/orgs/o033.md) — Family policy council, HI
- [SaveOne](../letters/orgs/o198.md) — Advocacy or other
- [National Right to Life Committee](../letters/orgs/o074.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Students for Life of America](../letters/orgs/o008.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Center for Urban Renewal and Education](../letters/orgs/o015.md) — Advocacy or other
- [March for Life](../letters/orgs/o002.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Americans United for Life](../letters/orgs/o005.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Thomas More Society](../letters/orgs/o101.md) — Legal
- [Life Issues Institute](../letters/orgs/o030.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Care Net](../letters/orgs/o018.md) — Advocacy or other
- [National Institute of Family and Life Advocates](../letters/orgs/o083.md) — Family policy council
- [National Black Pro-Life Union](../letters/orgs/o022.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Senate Conservatives Fund](../letters/orgs/o199.md) — Political party or office
- [Generation Joshua](../letters/orgs/o104.md) — Advocacy or other
- [S.M.A.R.T. Women's Healthcare](../letters/orgs/o112.md) — Medical
- [SMIC - Missionary Sisters of Immaculate Conception](../letters/orgs/o200.md) — Religious body
- [Good Counsel](../letters/orgs/o201.md) — Legal
- [Georgia Life Alliance](../letters/orgs/o046.md) — Advocacy or other, GA
- [Human Life of Washington](../letters/orgs/o114.md) — Advocacy or other, WA
- [SpeakHope](../letters/orgs/o202.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Florida Voice for the Unborn](../letters/orgs/o110.md) — Advocacy or other, FL
- [Liberty Counsel Action](../letters/orgs/o103.md) — Legal
- [Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.](../letters/orgs/o108.md) — Family policy council
- [Minnesota Family Council](../letters/orgs/o058.md) — Family policy council, MN
- [Christian Legal Society](../letters/orgs/o082.md) — Legal
- [Center for Law & Religious Freedom](../letters/orgs/o203.md) — Legal
- [Human Life Alliance](../letters/orgs/o028.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Caring to Love Ministries](../letters/orgs/o161.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Oregon Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o111.md) — Right-to-life group, OR
- [NC Values Coalition](../letters/orgs/o091.md) — Family policy council, NC
- [Missouri Blacks for Life](../letters/orgs/o060.md) — Right-to-life group, MO
- [Alaska Family Action](../letters/orgs/o039.md) — Family policy council, AK

## Sources

- [theiowastandard.com/pro-life-coalition-…](https://theiowastandard.com/pro-life-coalition-letter-opposing-the-equality-act/) — Primary text, reposted with signature block (https://theiowastandard.com/pro-life-coalition-letter-opposing-the-equality-act/)

## 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.