---
title: "Kentucky Right to Life (Addia Wuchner) statement on HB 300 (Prenatal Equal Protection Act)"
description: "Single-organization statement from Kentucky Right to Life, February 2023, to Kentucky General Assembly / public. Composite 6/12 — explicit opposition to a tenet. “We oppose any legislative and policy initiatives that criminalize women who seek abortions”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2023-007"
date: "2023-02"
letter_type: "Single-organization statement"
lead_org: "Kentucky Right to Life"
recipient: "Kentucky General Assembly / public"
topic: "State equal-protection bill"
shortfall_type: "explicit_opposition_to_tenet"
composite: 6
verification: "primary"
signature_rows: 1
primary_url: "https://www.kyrighttolife.org/"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2023-007.html"
---

# Kentucky Right to Life (Addia Wuchner) statement on HB 300 (Prenatal Equal Protection Act)

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

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2023-007 |
| Date | February 2023 |
| Lead organization | [Kentucky Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o138.md) |
| Recipient | Kentucky General Assembly / public |
| Topic | State equal-protection bill |
| Type | Single-organization statement |
| Verification | Primary source |
| Signature rows | 1 |
| Completeness | Single organization |

## Key language

> “We oppose any legislative and policy initiatives that criminalize women who seek abortions” — Kentucky Right to Life, February 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 | Explicit. |
| 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 | Urges rejection of HB 300 as written. |
| D5 Framing | 0 | None | — |
| 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 | [Addia K. Wuchner, R.N.](../letters/people/i0495.md) | Executive Director | [Kentucky Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o138.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

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

- [Kentucky Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o138.md) — Right-to-life group, KY

## Sources

- [kyrighttolife.org](https://www.kyrighttolife.org/) — Primary source (https://www.kyrighttolife.org/)
- [nkytribune.com/2023/02/365869](https://nkytribune.com/2023/02/365869/) — secondary (https://nkytribune.com/2023/02/365869/)

## Notes

KRTL also opposed HB 523 (2025) and HB 714 (2026). Exact statement URL on kyrighttolife.org to be confirmed.

## 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.