---
title: "SBA Pro-Life America demand for a 15-week national standard"
description: "Single-organization statement from SBA Pro-Life America, April 20, 2023, to Presidential candidates. Composite 7/12 — explicit incrementalist endorsement. “at a minimum a 15-week national standard”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2023-003"
date: "2023-04-20"
letter_type: "Single-organization statement"
lead_org: "SBA Pro-Life America"
recipient: "Presidential candidates"
topic: "15-week federal limit"
shortfall_type: "incrementalist_endorsement_explicit"
composite: 7
verification: "primary"
signature_rows: 1
primary_url: "https://sbaprolife.org/"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2023-003.html"
---

# SBA Pro-Life America demand for a 15-week national standard

**Single-organization statement** · April 20, 2023 · Explicit incrementalist endorsement · composite 7 / 12 · Primary source

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2023-003 (formerly L12) |
| Date | April 20, 2023 |
| Lead organization | [SBA Pro-Life America](../letters/orgs/o001.md) |
| Recipient | Presidential candidates |
| Topic | 15-week federal limit |
| Type | Single-organization statement |
| Verification | Primary source |
| Signature rows | 1 |
| Completeness | Single organization |

## Key language

> “at a minimum a 15-week national standard” — SBA Pro-Life America, April 20, 2023

## Scorecard

Composite **7 of 12** — explicit incrementalist endorsement. 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 | 2 | Explicitly supports rape, incest or health exceptions | 15-week standard presupposes exceptions. |
| D2 Immunity for the mother (fault line) | 0 | None | — |
| D3 Incrementalism | 2 | Explicitly endorses a regulatory or gestational bill instead of abolition | Gestational regulation. |
| D4 Opposition to abolition or equal-protection bills (fault line) | 0 | None | — |
| D5 Framing | 1 | Implied | "allowing states to enact further protections". |
| D6 Secular framing | 2 | Wholly secular, legal, fiscal, medical or political argument | Political 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 | [Marjorie Dannenfelser](../letters/people/i0001.md) | President | [SBA Pro-Life America](../letters/orgs/o001.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

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

- [Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America](../letters/orgs/o001.md) — Advocacy or other

## Sources

- [sbaprolife.org](https://sbaprolife.org/) — Primary source (https://sbaprolife.org/)
- [cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/) — secondary (https://www.cbsnews.com/)

## 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.