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Letters/ Coalition statement/ 2025

North Dakota HB 1373 opposition (Students for Life, NRLC, ND Catholic Conference, ND Family Alliance)

PL-2025-004 · February 2025 · formerly L17

Explicit opposition to a tenet Secondary coverage only Coalition statement 8 / 12

Explicit opposition to a tenet. Takes a position directly contrary to an Abolitionists Rising tenet (exceptions, mother-immunity, opposing an abolition bill).

Shortfall type
Explicit opposition to a tenet
Date
February 2025
Lead organization
Students for Life Action
Recipient
North Dakota Legislature
Topic
State equal-protection bill
Type
Coalition statement
Verification
Secondary coverage only
Signature rows
4
Completeness
Single organization
Letter No. 44 of 55 All letters

§ 1 Key language

“we will oppose any effort to criminalize women – even non-binding resolutions” Students for Life Action, February 2025

§ 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.

DimensionScoreMeaning at this scoreRationale
D1 Exceptions 0 None —
D2 Immunity for the mother fault line 2 Explicitly opposes prosecuting or criminalizing women Opposes criminal liability for 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 2 Explicitly opposes or lobbies against one Opposes equal-protection bill.
D5 Framing 1 Implied Implied.
D6 Secular framing 2 Wholly secular, legal, fiscal, medical or political argument Political framing.

§ 3 Spokesperson

4 signature rows · Single organization. A single-organization record; the spokesperson row is illustrative, not a signature block.

#Name as printedTitle as printedOrganization as printed
1 Kristan Hawkins President Students for Life Action
2 — — National Right to Life Committee
3 — — North Dakota Catholic Conference
4 Mark Jorritsma Executive Director North Dakota Family Alliance

§ 4 Organizations on this letter

4 distinct organizations and 2 named individuals, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

Organizations

Students for Life of America · Right-to-life group National Right to Life Committee · Right-to-life group North Dakota Catholic Conference · Religious body North Dakota Family Alliance · Family policy council

§ 5 Sources

Only press coverage located.

northdakotamonitor.comhttps://northdakotamonitor.com/
Secondary coverage only
protestia.com/2025/02/14https://protestia.com/2025/02/14/
Secondary

§ 6 Notes

Legacy ID in the earlier research report: L17.

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. This record is verified from secondary coverage only: the primary text has not yet been located, and its scores rest on language quoted in press coverage. 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.