---
title: "Louisiana Family Forum opposition to HB 813"
description: "Single-organization statement from Louisiana Family Forum, May 2022, to Louisiana Legislature. Composite 7/12 — explicit opposition to a tenet. “Family Forum's lawyers feel the wording is unconstitutional and would be difficult to defend in court”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2022-004"
date: "2022-05"
letter_type: "Single-organization statement"
lead_org: "Louisiana Family Forum"
recipient: "Louisiana Legislature"
topic: "State abolition bill"
shortfall_type: "explicit_opposition_to_tenet"
composite: 7
verification: "secondary"
signature_rows: 1
primary_url: "https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_faa70c00-d07e-11ec-9736-77ae5678ee57.html"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2022-004.html"
---

# Louisiana Family Forum opposition to HB 813

**Single-organization statement** · May 2022 · Explicit opposition to a tenet · composite 7 / 12 · Secondary coverage only

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2022-004 (formerly L04) |
| Date | May 2022 |
| Lead organization | [Louisiana Family Forum](../letters/orgs/o052.md) |
| Recipient | Louisiana Legislature |
| Topic | State abolition bill |
| Type | Single-organization statement |
| Verification | Secondary coverage only |
| Signature rows | 1 |
| Completeness | Single organization |

## Key language

> “Family Forum's lawyers feel the wording is unconstitutional and would be difficult to defend in court” — Louisiana Family Forum, May 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) | 1 | Implied | Implied. |
| D3 Incrementalism | 1 | By implication — a funding, drug, research, Hyde or Title X letter that takes no abolition position | Implied. |
| D4 Opposition to abolition or equal-protection bills (fault line) | 2 | Explicitly opposes or lobbies against one | Opposed abolition bill. |
| D5 Framing | 2 | Explicit leave-it-to-the-states, court-viability or electoral-pragmatism framing | Court-viability framing. |
| D6 Secular framing | 1 | Mixed — mentions prayer or faith, or mixed religious signers | Mixed. |

## 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 | [Gene Mills](../letters/people/i0057.md) | President | [Louisiana Family Forum](../letters/orgs/o052.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

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

- [Louisiana Family Forum](../letters/orgs/o052.md) — Family policy council, LA

## Sources

- [theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/po…](https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_faa70c00-d07e-11ec-9736-77ae5678ee57.html) — Secondary coverage only (https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_faa70c00-d07e-11ec-9736-77ae5678ee57.html)

## Notes

Gene Mills quoted in The Advocate; no LFF-hosted statement located.

## 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. This record is verified from secondary coverage only: the primary text has not yet been located, and its scores rest on language quoted in press coverage. Scores are judgment calls applied consistently by the published rubric.