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Letters/ Single-organization statement/ 2022

Louisiana Right to Life official statement opposing HB 813 (Abolition of Abortion in Louisiana Act)

PL-2022-002 · May 6, 2022 · formerly L02

Explicit opposition to a tenet Primary source Single-organization statement 7 / 12

Explicit opposition to a tenet. Takes a position directly contrary to an Abolitionists Rising tenet (exceptions, mother-immunity, opposing an abolition bill).

Shortfall type
Explicit opposition to a tenet
Date
May 6, 2022
Lead organization
Louisiana Right to Life
Recipient
Louisiana Legislature / public
Topic
State abolition bill
Type
Single-organization statement
Verification
Primary source
Signature rows
1
Completeness
Single organization
Letter No. 27 of 55 All letters

§ 1 Key language

“Because HB 813 does not exempt women from criminalization... Louisiana Right to Life does not support HB 813” Louisiana Right to Life, May 6, 2022

§ 2 Scorecard

Composite 7 of 12 — explicit opposition to a tenet. 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 2 Explicitly opposes prosecuting or criminalizing women Opposes criminal liability for women.
D3 Incrementalism 1 By implication — a funding, drug, research, Hyde or Title X letter that takes no abolition position Prefers existing trigger law.
D4 Opposition to abolition or equal-protection bills fault line 2 Explicitly opposes or lobbies against one Opposes abolition bill.
D5 Framing 0 None —
D6 Secular framing 2 Wholly secular, legal, fiscal, medical or political argument Legal framing.

§ 3 Spokesperson

1 signature row · Single organization. A single-organization record; the spokesperson row is illustrative, not a signature block.

#Name as printedTitle as printedOrganization as printed
1 Benjamin Clapper Executive Director Louisiana Right to Life

§ 4 Organizations on this letter

1 distinct organization and 1 named individual, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

Organizations

Louisiana Right to Life · Right-to-life group

§ 5 Sources

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

prolifelouisiana.org/forward-for-life-hb-813-explainedhttps://prolifelouisiana.org/forward-for-life-hb-813-explained/
Primary source
myemail.constantcontact.com/Press-Release--Offi…https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Press-Release--Official-Statement-on-HB-813.html
Secondary
nrlc.org/nrlnewstoday/2022/0…https://nrlc.org/nrlnewstoday/2022/05/louisiana-right-to-life-official-statement-on-abolition-of-abortion-act-lartl-opposes-hb-813-inconsistent-with-mission-to-protect-moms-and-babies/
Secondary

§ 6 Notes

Legacy ID in the earlier research report: L02.

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.