---
title: "Louisiana Right to Life official statement opposing HB 813 (Abolition of Abortion in Louisiana Act)"
description: "Single-organization statement from Louisiana Right to Life, May 6, 2022, to Louisiana Legislature / public. Composite 7/12 — explicit opposition to a tenet. “Because HB 813 does not exempt women from criminalization... Louisiana Right to Life does not support HB 813”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2022-002"
date: "2022-05-06"
letter_type: "Single-organization statement"
lead_org: "Louisiana Right to Life"
recipient: "Louisiana Legislature / public"
topic: "State abolition bill"
shortfall_type: "explicit_opposition_to_tenet"
composite: 7
verification: "primary"
signature_rows: 1
primary_url: "https://prolifelouisiana.org/forward-for-life-hb-813-explained/"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2022-002.html"
---

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

**Single-organization statement** · May 6, 2022 · Explicit opposition to a tenet · composite 7 / 12 · Primary source

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2022-002 (formerly L02) |
| Date | May 6, 2022 |
| Lead organization | [Louisiana Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o133.md) |
| Recipient | Louisiana Legislature / public |
| Topic | State abolition bill |
| Type | Single-organization statement |
| Verification | Primary source |
| Signature rows | 1 |
| Completeness | Single organization |

## 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

## Scorecard

Composite **7 of 12** — explicit opposition to a tenet. 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) | 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. |

## Spokesperson

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

| # | Name as printed | Title as printed | Organization as printed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Benjamin Clapper](../letters/people/i0155.md) | Executive Director | [Louisiana Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o133.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

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

- [Louisiana Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o133.md) — Right-to-life group, LA

## Sources

- [prolifelouisiana.org/forward-for-life-hb-813-explained](https://prolifelouisiana.org/forward-for-life-hb-813-explained/) — Primary source (https://prolifelouisiana.org/forward-for-life-hb-813-explained/)
- [myemail.constantcontact.com/Press-Release--Offi…](https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Press-Release--Official-Statement-on-HB-813.html) — secondary (https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Press-Release--Official-Statement-on-HB-813.html)
- [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 (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/)

## 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.