§ 1 Key language
“turning those women into criminals is not the way to protect the unborn”
SBA Pro-Life America, April 2, 2024
§ 2 Scorecard
Composite 8 of 12 — explicit opposition to a tenet. Each dimension is scored 0 (none), 1 (implied) or 2 (explicit); the rationale column is the editor's one-line reason for every non-zero score.
| 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 | Reaffirms 2022 letter; opposes charging women. |
| D3 Incrementalism | 1 | By implication — a funding, drug, research, Hyde or Title X letter that takes no abolition position | Redirects to incremental legislation. |
| D4 Opposition to abolition or equal-protection bills fault line | 2 | Explicitly opposes or lobbies against one | Asks delegates to reject equal-protection resolution. |
| D5 Framing | 1 | Implied | "through the legislative process". |
| D6 Secular framing | 2 | Wholly secular, legal, fiscal, medical or political argument | Secular framing (CLI coercion data). |
§ 3 Signatories
18 signature rows · 18 reported by the letter · Complete from letter text. Full signature block transcribed from the letter itself. Rows are transcribed as printed, in the order they appear; names link to the person, organizations to the organization.
§ 4 Organizations on this letter
17 distinct organizations and 18 named individuals, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America · Advocacy or other
North Dakota Family Alliance · Family policy council
National Right to Life Committee · Right-to-life group
Students for Life of America · Right-to-life group
March for Life · Right-to-life group
Concerned Women for America · Advocacy or other
CatholicVote · Advocacy or other
American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists · Medical
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine · Advocacy or other
American Academy of Medical Ethics · Medical
Americans United for Life · Right-to-life group
Eagle Forum · Advocacy or other
Life Issues Institute · Advocacy or other
Faith & Freedom Coalition · Advocacy or other
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates · Family policy council
Heartbeat International · Advocacy or other
LifeNews.com · Media
§ 5 Sources
Letter/statement text read from the organization’s own document.
sbaprolife.org/wp-content/uploads/…https://sbaprolife.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/North-Dakota-Letter.pdf
Primary source
sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-rele…https://sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-releases/pro-life-groups-call-on-gop-to-oppose-resolution-criminalizing-women
Secondary
§ 6 Notes
Quotes the 2022 NRLC letter verbatim and cites its PDF.
Legacy ID in the earlier research report: L16.
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; a disagreement is a disagreement with the rubric's conventions, not with an individual cell.