---
title: "Students for Life Action / Kristan Hawkins denounces proposed prosecution of women in Alabama; \"second victims\" framing"
description: "Single-organization statement from Students for Life Action, January 12, 2023, to Alabama Attorney General / public. Composite 6/12 — explicit opposition to a tenet. “The pro-life movement opposes throwing mothers in jail, who we believe are the second victims of abortion”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2023-004"
date: "2023-01-12"
letter_type: "Single-organization statement"
lead_org: "Students for Life Action"
recipient: "Alabama Attorney General / public"
topic: "Prosecution of women"
shortfall_type: "explicit_opposition_to_tenet"
composite: 6
verification: "primary"
signature_rows: 1
primary_url: "https://www.studentsforlifeaction.org/students-for-life-of-action-president-kristan-hawkins-denounces-the-proposed-prosecution-of-women-in-alabama/"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2023-004.html"
---

# Students for Life Action / Kristan Hawkins denounces proposed prosecution of women in Alabama; "second victims" framing

**Single-organization statement** · January 12, 2023 · Explicit opposition to a tenet · composite 6 / 12 · Primary source

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2023-004 (formerly L18) |
| Date | January 12, 2023 |
| Lead organization | [Students for Life Action](../letters/orgs/o008.md) |
| Recipient | Alabama Attorney General / public |
| Topic | Prosecution of women |
| Type | Single-organization statement |
| Verification | Primary source |
| Signature rows | 1 |
| Completeness | Single organization |

## Key language

> “The pro-life movement opposes throwing mothers in jail, who we believe are the second victims of abortion” — Students for Life Action, January 12, 2023

## Scorecard

Composite **6 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 prosecuting women. |
| 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) | 1 | Implied, or support withheld | Labels abolitionists "pro-prosecutionists". |
| D5 Framing | 0 | None | — |
| D6 Secular framing | 2 | Wholly secular, legal, fiscal, medical or political argument | Secular 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 | [Kristan Hawkins](../letters/people/i0008.md) | President | [Students for Life Action](../letters/orgs/o008.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

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

- [Students for Life of America](../letters/orgs/o008.md) — Right-to-life group

## Sources

- [studentsforlifeaction.org/students-for-life-o…](https://www.studentsforlifeaction.org/students-for-life-of-action-president-kristan-hawkins-denounces-the-proposed-prosecution-of-women-in-alabama/) — Primary source (https://www.studentsforlifeaction.org/students-for-life-of-action-president-kristan-hawkins-denounces-the-proposed-prosecution-of-women-in-alabama/)
- [npr.org](https://www.npr.org/) — secondary (https://www.npr.org/)

## 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.