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Pro-life coalition letter urging Congress to protect the Hyde Amendment in appropriations and reconciliation

PL-2021-002 · September 7, 2021

Incrementalist by implication Primary source 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
September 7, 2021
Lead organization
Susan B. Anthony List
Recipient
U.S. Senate / House
Topic
Hyde Amendment
Type
Coalition letter
Verification
Primary source
Signature rows
60 (60 groups reported)
Completeness
Complete from letter text
Letter No. 26 of 55 All letters

§ 1 Key language

“oppose any legislation that fails to maintain the longstanding Hyde principle” Susan B. Anthony List, September 7, 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

60 signature rows · 60 groups 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 Greg Schleppenbach Associate Director USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities
3 Carol Tobias President National Right to Life
4 Tony Perkins President Family Research Council
5 Penny Young Nance CEO & President Concerned Women for America LAC
6 Catherine Glenn Foster President & CEO Americans United for Life
7 Fr. Frank Pavone National Director Priests for Life
8 Tom McClusky President March for Life Action
9 Lila Rose Founder & President Live Action
10 Kristan Hawkins President Students for Life Action
11 Christina Francis, MD Chair of the Board American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists
12 Star Parker President Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE)
13 Nicole Hudgens Government Affairs Family Policy Alliance
14 Garrett Bess Vice President Heritage Action for America
15 Thomas A. Glessner, J.D. President National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA)
16 Brent Leatherwood VP of External Affairs and Chief of Staff Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
17 Robin Pierucci, MD, MA Chair, ACPeds Pro-Life Committee American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds)
18 Bradley Mattes President Life Issues Institute
19 Terry Schilling President American Principles Project
20 Colleen Holcomb President Eagle Forum
21 Andrew M. Bath Executive Vice President & General Counsel Thomas More Society
22 Amber S. Haskew Director of Public Policy Liberty Counsel Action
23 Tami Fitzgerald Executive Director North Carolina Values Coalition
24 Kelsey Hazzard President Secular Pro-Life
25 Alexandra Snyder CEO Life Legal Defense Foundation
26 Bob Vander Plaats President and CEO The FAMiLY Leader
27 Jordan Sekulow Executive Director American Center for Law and Justice
28 Cathi Herrod President Center for Arizona Policy
29 Eric J. Scheidler Executive Director Pro-Life Action League
30 Joel Grewe Executive Director Generation Joshua
31 Jennifer Allmon Executive Director Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
32 Joshua Edmonds Executive Director Georgia Life Alliance
33 Rev. Dean Nelson Executive Director Human Coalition Action
34 Steven Ertelt Editor LifeNews.com
35 Jonathan M. Alexandre, Esq. Senior Counsel for Governmental Affairs Liberty Counsel
36 Cole Muzio President Frontline Policy Action
37 C. Preston Noell III President Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
38 Zach Rodgers Executive Director Right to Life of Northeast Indiana
39 Eva Andrade President/CEO Hawaii Family Forum
40 Gene Mills President Louisiana Family Forum
41 Andrew Shirvell, J.D. Founder & Executive Director Florida Voice for the Unborn
42 Carroll Conley Executive Director Christian Civic League of Maine
43 Lois Anderson Executive Director Oregon Right to Life
44 Deborah Tilden Co-Founder S.M.A.R.T. Women's Healthcare
45 Julaine K. Appling President Wisconsin Family Action
46 James Schulte Family Life Director Diocese of Amarillo
47 Esther Ripplinger President & CEO Human Life of Washington
48 Cathie Humbarger CEO Reprotection
49 Jason J. McGuire Executive Director New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms
50 Mike Gonidakis President Ohio Right to Life
51 Peggy Nienaber Vice President Faith & Liberty DC
52 Joseph Schmidt Director of Marriage, Family & Respect Life Diocese of Steubenville
53 Ryan McCann Executive Director Indiana Family Institute
54 Maria Martinez Mont Respect Life Program Director Archdiocese of San Francisco
55 Karen Bowling Executive Director Nebraska Family Alliance
56 Jonathan Keller President California Family Council
57 Samuel H. Lee Director Campaign Life Missouri
58 John Helmberger Chief Executive Officer Minnesota Family Council
59 Joe Langfeld Executive Director Human Life Alliance
60 David R. Schmidt Director, Office of Pro-Life, Marriage & Family Life Catholic Diocese of Youngstown

§ 4 Organizations on this letter

60 distinct organizations and 60 named individuals, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

Organizations

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America · Advocacy or other U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops · Religious body National Right to Life Committee · Right-to-life group Family Research Council · Family policy council Concerned Women for America · Advocacy or other Americans United for Life · Right-to-life group Priests for Life · Right-to-life group March for Life · Right-to-life group Live Action · Advocacy or other Students for Life of America · Right-to-life group American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists · Medical Center for Urban Renewal and Education · Advocacy or other Family Policy Alliance · Family policy council Heritage Action for America · Advocacy or other National Institute of Family and Life Advocates · Family policy council Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission · Religious body American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) · Medical Life Issues Institute · Advocacy or other American Principles Project · Advocacy or other Eagle Forum · Advocacy or other Thomas More Society · Legal Liberty Counsel Action · Legal NC Values Coalition · Family policy council Secular Pro-Life · Advocacy or other Life Legal Defense Foundation · Legal The FAMiLY Leader · Family policy council American Center for Law and Justice · Legal Center for Arizona Policy · Advocacy or other Pro-Life Action League · Advocacy or other Generation Joshua · Advocacy or other Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops · Religious body Georgia Life Alliance · Advocacy or other Human Coalition · Advocacy or other LifeNews.com · Media Liberty Counsel · Legal Frontline Policy Council · Family policy council Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. · Family policy council Right to Life of Northeast Indiana · Right-to-life group Hawaii Family Forum · Family policy council Louisiana Family Forum · Family policy council Florida Voice for the Unborn · Advocacy or other Christian Civic League of Maine · Family policy council Oregon Right to Life · Right-to-life group S.M.A.R.T. Women's Healthcare · Medical Wisconsin Family Action · Family policy council Diocese of Amarillo · Religious body Human Life of Washington · Advocacy or other Reprotection · Advocacy or other New York Families Action · Advocacy or other Ohio Right to Life · Right-to-life group Faith & Liberty DC · Advocacy or other Diocese of Steubenville · Religious body Indiana Family Institute · Family policy council Archdiocese of San Francisco · Religious body Nebraska Family Alliance · Family policy council California Family Council · Family policy council Campaign Life Missouri · Advocacy or other Minnesota Family Council · Family policy council Human Life Alliance · Advocacy or other Family Life Catholic Diocese of Youngstown · Family policy council

§ 5 Sources

Letter/statement text read from the organization’s own document.

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Primary source
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.