---
title: "North Dakota HB 1373 opposition (Students for Life, NRLC, ND Catholic Conference, ND Family Alliance)"
description: "Coalition statement from Students for Life Action, February 2025, to North Dakota Legislature. Composite 8/12 — explicit opposition to a tenet. “we will oppose any effort to criminalize women – even non-binding resolutions”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2025-004"
date: "2025-02"
letter_type: "Coalition statement"
lead_org: "Students for Life Action"
recipient: "North Dakota Legislature"
topic: "State equal-protection bill"
shortfall_type: "explicit_opposition_to_tenet"
composite: 8
verification: "secondary"
signature_rows: 4
primary_url: "https://northdakotamonitor.com/"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2025-004.html"
---

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

**Coalition statement** · February 2025 · Explicit opposition to a tenet · composite 8 / 12 · Secondary coverage only

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2025-004 (formerly L17) |
| Date | February 2025 |
| Lead organization | [Students for Life Action](../letters/orgs/o008.md) |
| Recipient | North Dakota Legislature |
| Topic | State equal-protection bill |
| Type | Coalition statement |
| Verification | Secondary coverage only |
| Signature rows | 4 |
| Completeness | Single organization |

## Key language

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

## Scorecard

Composite **8 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 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. |

## Spokesperson

4 signature rows · **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) |
| 2 | — | — | [National Right to Life Committee](../letters/orgs/o074.md) |
| 3 | — | — | [North Dakota Catholic Conference](../letters/orgs/o481.md) |
| 4 | [Mark Jorritsma](../letters/people/i0073.md) | Executive Director | [North Dakota Family Alliance](../letters/orgs/o068.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

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

- [Students for Life of America](../letters/orgs/o008.md) — Right-to-life group
- [National Right to Life Committee](../letters/orgs/o074.md) — Right-to-life group
- [North Dakota Catholic Conference](../letters/orgs/o481.md) — Religious body, ND
- [North Dakota Family Alliance](../letters/orgs/o068.md) — Family policy council, ND

## Sources

- [northdakotamonitor.com](https://northdakotamonitor.com/) — Secondary coverage only (https://northdakotamonitor.com/)
- [protestia.com/2025/02/14](https://protestia.com/2025/02/14/) — secondary (https://protestia.com/2025/02/14/)

## 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.