Letter from 150+ pro-life leaders urging Congress to defund Big Abortion through reconciliation

PL-2025-001 · March 26, 2025

Incrementalist by implication Primary source Coalition letter 3 / 12

Incrementalist by implication. Coalition letter on funding, drugs, research or related policy that takes no abolition position; scored D3=1.

Shortfall type
Incrementalist by implication
Date
March 26, 2025
Lead organization
SBA Pro-Life America
Recipient
U.S. Congress
Topic
Planned Parenthood / Medicaid funding
Type
Coalition letter
Verification
Primary source
Signature rows
156 (150+ reported)
Completeness
Complete from letter text

§ 1 Key language

“Congress should start by cutting funding for Big Abortion in the upcoming reconciliation bill” SBA Pro-Life America, March 26, 2025

§ 2 Scorecard

Composite 3 of 12 — incrementalist by implication. 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.

DimensionScoreMeaning at this scoreRationale
D1 Exceptions 0 None
D2 Immunity for the mother fault line 0 None
D3 Incrementalism 1 By implication — a funding, drug, research, Hyde or Title X letter that takes no abolition position Seeks regulation/defunding/enforcement rather than abolition; takes no position on equal protection.
D4 Opposition to abolition or equal-protection bills fault line 0 None
D5 Framing 0 None
D6 Secular framing 2 Wholly secular, legal, fiscal, medical or political argument Argued on fiscal, legal, medical or political grounds rather than Scripture/Gospel.

§ 3 Signatories

156 signature rows · 150+ 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.

#Name as printedTitle as printedOrganization as printed
1 Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America
2 AAPLOG Action
3 Christian Defense Coalition
4 ACLJ Action
5 Christian Family Coalition Florida
6 Advancing American Freedom
7 Christian Medical & Dental Associations
8 AFA Action
9 Citizens for a Pro-Life Society
10 Alabama Policy Institute
11 Cokeville Chamber of Commerce - Wyoming
12 Alabama Pro-Life Coalition
13 Colorado for Life
14 Alaska Family Council
15 Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee
16 American College of Pediatricians
17 American Principles Project
18 Americans United for Life
19 Anglicans For Life & Silent No More Awareness Campaign
20 Cornerstone Action – New Hampshire
21 CRIB - Efrat
22 Crusade for Life, Inc.
23 Delaware Family Policy Council
24 Arkansas Right to Life
25 Democrats For Life of America
26 Campbell County Right to Life - Wyoming
27 Eagle Forum of Alabama
28 Campaign Life Missouri
29 Ethics and Public Policy Center
30 Catholic Conference of Oklahoma
31 Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
32 Catholic Diocese of Trenton
33 Faith & Freedom Coalition
34 CatholicVote
35 Faith Wins
36 Center for Arizona Policy
37 Family Foundation of Virginia
38 Center for Christian Virtue
39 Family Institute of Connecticut
40 Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)
41 Family Policy Alliance
42 Center for Political Renewal (CPR)
43 Family Research Council
44 Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE)
45 Florida Citizens Alliance
46 Christian Civic League of Maine
47 Florida Family Voice
48 Florida Right to Life
49 Frontline Policy Action
50 Massachusetts Family Institute
51 Georgia Life Alliance
52 Midwest March for Life
53 Global Centurion
54 Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL)
55 Greater Cincinnati Right to Life
56 Missouri Blacks for Life
57 Hawaii Family Forum
58 Missouri Right to Life
59 Human Coalition
60 Montana Family Foundation
61 Human Life Alliance
62 Montanans for Life
63 Human Life International
64 National Black Pro-Life Union
65 Human Life of Washington
66 National Right to Life Committee
67 Idaho Family Policy Center
68 Natrona County Chapter, Wyoming Right to Life
69 Indiana Family Institute
70 Indiana Right to Life
71 Issues4Life Foundation
72 Kansans for Life
73 Kentucky Right to Life
74 Liberty Counsel
75 Liberty Counsel Action
76 Life Initiatives & Values Georgia
77 Life Issues Institute
78 Life Legal Defense Foundation
79 Life Matters TV and Media, Inc.
80 Live Action
81 Louisiana Family Forum
82 Louisiana Right to Life
83 Maine Right To Life
84 March for Life Action
85 Maryland Family Institute
86 Massachusetts Citizens for Life
87 Nebraska Family Alliance
88 Nebraska Right to Life
89 Nevada Right to Life
90 New Jersey Family Policy Center
91 New Jersey Right to Life
92 New Mexico Alliance for Life
93 New York Families Action
94 North Carolina Family Policy Council
95 North Carolina Values Coalition
96 North Dakota Family Alliance
97 Oklahoma Faith Leaders
98 Oklahomans For Life, Inc.
99 Operation Save America
100 Oregon Right to Life
101 Palmetto Family
102 Park County Right to Life - Wyoming
103 Pennsylvania Family Council
104 Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation
105 Pennsylvania State Rep. Kathy L. Rapp
106 Stanton Public Policy Center
107 Priests for Life
108 Students for Life Action
109 Pro-Life Action Ministries
110 Tennessee Eagle Forum
111 Pro-Life Greenville, South Carolina
112 Tennessee Right to Life
113 Pro-Life Utah
114 Texans for Life Committee
115 Pro-Life Wisconsin
116 Texas Values
117 Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising
118 The Abortion Survivors Network
119 Prolife Council of Connecticut, the State affiliate to NRLC
120 The Center for Medical Progress
121 Pulse Life Advocates
122 Reason for Life
123 Rehumanize International
124 The Family Foundation of Kentucky
125 The FAMiLY Leader
126 The Justice Foundation
127 Rhode Island Family Institute
128 Thomas More Society, national nonprofit law firm
129 Rhode Island State Right to Life Committee
130 Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
131 Right to Life of Central California
132 Vermont Right to Life Committee
133 Right to Life of Idaho
134 West Virginians for Life
135 Right to Life of Northeast Indiana
136 Wisconsin Family Action
137 Right to Life of Southwest Indiana
138 Wyoming Family Alliance
139 S.M.A.R.T. Women's Healthcare, a division of LifeVictory Enterprises LLC
140 Wyoming Right to Life
141 Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn
142 Secular Pro-Life
143 Sidewalk Advocates for Life
144 South Carolina Citizens for Life
145 South Dakota Right to Life
146 Wyoming State Rep. Abby Angelos
147 Wyoming State Rep. Chip Neiman
148 Wyoming State Rep. John Bear
149 Wyoming State Rep. John R. Winter
150 Wyoming State Rep. Pepper Ottman
151 Southside Pro-Life
152 Wyoming State Rep. Rachel RodriguezWilliams
153 SpeakHope/LAhope
154 Wyoming State Sen. Tim Salazar
155 Stanton Healthcare International
156 40 Days for Life - Casper, WY Campaign

§ 4 Organizations on this letter

156 distinct organizations, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

Organizations

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America · Advocacy or other American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists · Medical Christian Defense Coalition · Advocacy or other ACLJ Action · Advocacy or other Christian Family Coalition Florida · Family policy council Advancing American Freedom · Advocacy or other Christian Medical & Dental Associations · Medical American Family Association · Family policy council Citizens for a Pro-Life Society · Legal Alabama Policy Institute · Advocacy or other Cokeville Chamber of Commerce - Wyoming · Advocacy or other Alabama Pro-Life Coalition · Advocacy or other Colorado for Life · Right-to-life group Alaska Family Council · Family policy council Concerned Women for America · Advocacy or other American College of Pediatricians · Medical American Principles Project · Advocacy or other Americans United for Life · Right-to-life group Silent No More Awareness Campaign · Advocacy or other Cornerstone Action (New Hampshire) · Family policy council CRIB - Efrat · Advocacy or other Crusade for Life, Inc. · Right-to-life group Delaware Family Policy Council · Family policy council Arkansas Right to Life · Right-to-life group Democrats for Life of America · Right-to-life group Campbell County Right to Life - Wyoming · Right-to-life group Eagle Forum of Alabama · Advocacy or other Campaign Life Missouri · Advocacy or other The Ethics and Public Policy Center · Advocacy or other Catholic Conference of Oklahoma · Religious body Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission · Religious body Catholic Diocese of Trenton · Religious body Faith & Freedom Coalition · Advocacy or other CatholicVote · Advocacy or other Faith Wins · Advocacy or other Center for Arizona Policy · Advocacy or other Family Foundation of Virginia · Family policy council Center for Christian Virtue · Advocacy or other Family Institute of Connecticut · Family policy council Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) · Family policy council Family Policy Alliance · Family policy council Center for Political Renewal (CPR) · Advocacy or other Family Research Council · Family policy council Center for Urban Renewal and Education · Advocacy or other Florida Citizens Alliance · Advocacy or other Christian Civic League of Maine · Family policy council Florida Family Voice · Family policy council Florida Right to Life · Right-to-life group Frontline Policy Council · Family policy council Massachusetts Family Institute · Family policy council Georgia Life Alliance · Advocacy or other MidWest March for Life · Right-to-life group Global Centurion · Advocacy or other Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life · Right-to-life group Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati · Right-to-life group Missouri Blacks for Life · Right-to-life group Hawaii Family Forum · Family policy council Missouri Right to Life · Right-to-life group Human Coalition · Advocacy or other Montana Family Foundation · Family policy council Human Life Alliance · Advocacy or other Montanans for Life · Right-to-life group Human Life International · Advocacy or other National Black Pro-Life Union · Advocacy or other Human Life of Washington · Advocacy or other National Right to Life Committee · Right-to-life group Idaho Family Policy Center · Family policy council Natrona County Chapter, Wyoming Right to Life · Right-to-life group Indiana Family Institute · Family policy council Indiana Right to Life · Right-to-life group Issues4Life Foundation · Advocacy or other Kansans for Life · Right-to-life group Kentucky Right to Life · Right-to-life group Liberty Counsel · Legal Liberty Counsel Action · Legal Life Initiatives & Values Georgia · Family policy council Life Issues Institute · Advocacy or other Life Legal Defense Foundation · Legal Life Matters TV and Media Inc. · Advocacy or other Live Action · Advocacy or other Louisiana Family Forum · Family policy council Louisiana Right to Life · Right-to-life group Maine Right to Life · Right-to-life group March for Life · Right-to-life group Maryland Family Institute · Family policy council Massachusetts Citizens for Life · Right-to-life group Nebraska Family Alliance · Family policy council Nebraska Right to Life · Right-to-life group Nevada Right to Life · Right-to-life group New Jersey Family Policy Center · Family policy council New Jersey Right to Life · Right-to-life group New Mexico Alliance for Life · Right-to-life group New York Families Action · Advocacy or other North Carolina Family Policy Council · Family policy council NC Values Coalition · Family policy council North Dakota Family Alliance · Family policy council Oklahoma Faith Leaders · Advocacy or other Oklahomans For Life, Inc. · Right-to-life group Operation Save America · Advocacy or other Oregon Right to Life · Right-to-life group Palmetto Family Council · Family policy council Park County Right to Life - Wyoming · Right-to-life group Pennsylvania Family Institute · Family policy council Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation · Advocacy or other Pennsylvania State Rep. Kathy L. Rapp · Advocacy or other Stanton Public Policy Center · Advocacy or other Priests for Life · Right-to-life group Students for Life of America · Right-to-life group Pro-Life Action Ministries · Advocacy or other Tennessee Eagle Forum · Advocacy or other Pro-Life Greenville, South Carolina · Advocacy or other Tennessee Right to Life · Right-to-life group Pro-Life Utah · Advocacy or other Texans for Life Committee · Right-to-life group Pro-Life Wisconsin · Advocacy or other Texas Values · Family policy council Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising · Advocacy or other The Abortion Survivors Network · Media Prolife Council of Connecticut · Advocacy or other Center for Medical Progress · Medical Pulse Life Advocates · Advocacy or other Reason for Life · Right-to-life group Rehumanize International · Advocacy or other The Family Foundation of Kentucky · Family policy council The FAMiLY Leader · Family policy council The Justice Foundation · Legal Rhode Island Family Institute · Family policy council Thomas More Society · Legal Rhode Island State Right to Life Committee · Right-to-life group Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. · Family policy council Right to Life of Central California · Right-to-life group Vermont Right to Life Committee · Right-to-life group Right to Life of Idaho · Right-to-life group West Virginians for Life · Right-to-life group Right to Life of Northeast Indiana · Right-to-life group Wisconsin Family Action · Family policy council Right to Life of Southwest Indiana · Right-to-life group Wyoming Family Alliance · Family policy council S.M.A.R.T. Women's Healthcare · Medical Wyoming Right to Life · Right-to-life group Right to Life Across Texas · Right-to-life group Secular Pro-Life · Advocacy or other Sidewalk Advocates for Life · Right-to-life group South Carolina Citizens for Life · Right-to-life group South Dakota Right to Life · Right-to-life group Wyoming State Rep. Abby Angelos · Advocacy or other Wyoming State Rep. Chip Neiman · Advocacy or other Wyoming State Rep. John Bear · Advocacy or other Wyoming State Rep. John R. Winter · Advocacy or other Wyoming State Rep. Pepper Ottman · Advocacy or other Southside Pro-Life · Advocacy or other Wyoming State Rep. Rachel RodriguezWilliams · Advocacy or other SpeakHope · Advocacy or other Wyoming State Sen. Tim Salazar · Advocacy or other Stanton Healthcare International · Medical 40 Days for Life - Casper, WY Campaign · Right-to-life group

§ 5 Sources

Letter/statement text read from the organization’s own document.

sbaprolife.org/wp-content/uploads/…https://sbaprolife.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Defund-Big-Abortion-Letter.pdf
Primary source
sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-rele…https://sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-releases/150-pro-life-leaders-representing-all-50-states-call-on-congress-to-defundbigabortion
Secondary

§ 6 Notes

Organization-only signature block (plus several Wyoming legislators).

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.