---
title: "Hyde Pro-Life Coalition Letter to Trump, Vance, Thune and Johnson"
description: "Coalition letter from Americans United for Life, January 9, 2026, to President, Vice President, Senate Majority Leader, Speaker. Composite 4/12 — incrementalist by implication. “prohibiting forced taxpayer funding of abortion is non-negotiable”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2026-001"
date: "2026-01-09"
letter_type: "Coalition letter"
lead_org: "Americans United for Life"
recipient: "President, Vice President, Senate Majority Leader, Speaker"
topic: "Hyde Amendment / health-care marketplace"
shortfall_type: "incrementalist_by_implication"
composite: 4
verification: "primary"
signature_rows: 78
primary_url: "https://aul.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Hyde-Pro-Life-Coalition-Letter-January-2026-3.pdf"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2026-001.html"
---

# Hyde Pro-Life Coalition Letter to Trump, Vance, Thune and Johnson

**Coalition letter** · January 9, 2026 · Incrementalist by implication · composite 4 / 12 · Primary source

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2026-001 |
| Date | January 9, 2026 |
| Lead organization | [Americans United for Life](../letters/orgs/o005.md) |
| Recipient | President, Vice President, Senate Majority Leader, Speaker |
| Topic | Hyde Amendment / health-care marketplace |
| Type | Coalition letter |
| Verification | Primary source |
| Signature rows | 78 (~78 reported) |
| Completeness | Complete from letter text |

## Key language

> “prohibiting forced taxpayer funding of abortion is non-negotiable” — Americans United for Life, January 9, 2026

## Scorecard

Composite **4 of 12** — incrementalist by implication. 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) | 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 | 1 | Implied | Electoral "winning issue" framing. |
| D6 Secular framing | 2 | Wholly secular, legal, fiscal, medical or political argument | Fiscal/political framing. |

## Signatories

78 signature rows · ~78 reported by the letter · **Complete from letter text.** Full signature block transcribed from the letter itself. Rows are transcribed as printed, in printed order.

| # | Name as printed | Title as printed | Organization as printed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [John Mize](../letters/people/i0138.md) | CEO | [Americans United for Life](../letters/orgs/o005.md) |
| 2 | [Ryan Anderson](../letters/people/i0239.md) | President | [Ethics and Public Policy Center](../letters/orgs/o184.md) |
| 3 | [Marjorie Dannenfelser](../letters/people/i0001.md) | President | [Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America](../letters/orgs/o001.md) |
| 4 | [Craig DeRoche](../letters/people/i0149.md) | President & CEO | [Family Policy Alliance](../letters/orgs/o003.md) |
| 5 | [Kristan Hawkins](../letters/people/i0008.md) | President | [Students for Life Action](../letters/orgs/o008.md) |
| 6 | [Lila Rose](../letters/people/i0011.md) | Founder & President | [Live Action](../letters/orgs/o011.md) |
| 7 | [Christina Francis, M.D.](../letters/people/i0110.md) | CEO | [AAPLOG & AAPLOG Action](../letters/orgs/o013.md) |
| 8 | [Tony Perkins](../letters/people/i0009.md) | President | [Family Research Council](../letters/orgs/o009.md) |
| 9 | [Roland Warren](../letters/people/i0019.md) | President & CEO | [Care Net](../letters/orgs/o018.md) |
| 10 | [Jor-El Godsey](../letters/people/i0205.md) | President | [Heartbeat International](../letters/orgs/o169.md) |
| 11 | [Tim Chapman](../letters/people/i0137.md) | President | [Advancing American Freedom](../letters/orgs/o122.md) |
| 12 | [Melissa Ohden](../letters/people/i0187.md) | Founder & CEO | [The Abortion Survivors Network](../letters/orgs/o158.md) |
| 13 | [Serrin M. Foster](../letters/people/i0240.md) | President | [Feminists for Life of America](../letters/orgs/o204.md) |
| 14 | [Brandy Meeks](../letters/people/i0241.md) | President/CEO | [Vitae Foundation](../letters/orgs/o205.md) |
| 15 | [Herbert M. Newell IV](../letters/people/i0242.md) | President & Executive Director | [Lifeline Children’s Services](../letters/orgs/o206.md) |
| 16 | [Ryan Bomberger](../letters/people/i0024.md) | Co-Founder | [Radiance Foundation](../letters/orgs/o023.md) |
| 17 | [Cecily Routman](../letters/people/i0160.md) | President | [Jewish Pro-Life Foundation](../letters/orgs/o136.md) |
| 18 | [Fr. Shanen Boquet](../letters/people/i0035.md) | President | [Human Life International](../letters/orgs/o032.md) |
| 19 | [Catherine Glenn Foster, M.A., J.D.](../letters/people/i0234.md) | President & CEO | [First Rights Global](../letters/orgs/o207.md) |
| 20 | [Monica Snyder](../letters/people/i0222.md) | Executive Director | [Secular Pro-Life](../letters/orgs/o027.md) |
| 21 | [Nelly Roach](../letters/people/i0135.md) | CEO | [Choose Life](../letters/orgs/o120.md) |
| 22 | [Scott Baker](../letters/people/i0136.md) | Vice President of Public Affairs | [Choose Life Coalition](../letters/orgs/o121.md) |
| 23 | [Karen Garnett](../letters/people/i0144.md) | Vice President of National Expansion | [Cogency Strategic](../letters/orgs/o126.md) |
| 24 | [Brendan H. O’Connell](../letters/people/i0150.md) | President | [Life Matters TV and Media, Inc.](../letters/orgs/o100.md) |
| 25 | [Bob Vander Plaats](../letters/people/i0052.md) | President/CEO | [The FAMiLY Leader](../letters/orgs/o048.md) |
| 26 | [Louis Brown Jr., J.D.](../letters/people/i0243.md) | Executive Director | [Christ Medicus Foundation](../letters/orgs/o072.md) |
| 27 | [Mathew D. Staver, Esq., B.C.S.](../letters/people/i0244.md) | Founder and Chairman | [Liberty Counsel](../letters/orgs/o106.md) |
| 28 | [John Stemberger](../letters/people/i0164.md) | President | [Liberty Counsel Action](../letters/orgs/o103.md) |
| 29 | [Jonathan M, Alexandre, Esq.](../letters/people/i0245.md) | Vice President of Government Affairs | [Liberty Counsel Action](../letters/orgs/o103.md) |
| 30 | [Terry Schilling](../letters/people/i0115.md) | President | [American Principles Project](../letters/orgs/o010.md) |
| 31 | [Austin Ruse](../letters/people/i0246.md) | President | [Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)](../letters/orgs/o208.md) |
| 32 | [Cole Muzio](../letters/people/i0050.md) | President | [Frontline Policy Council](../letters/orgs/o107.md) |
| 33 | [Alexandra Snyder](../letters/people/i0104.md) | CEO | [Life Legal Defense Foundation](../letters/orgs/o098.md) |
| 34 | [Gerard Migeon](../letters/people/i0247.md) | Co-Founder & CEO | [Natural Womanhood](../letters/orgs/o209.md) |
| 35 | [Maggie DeWitte](../letters/people/i0177.md) | Executive Director | [Pulse Life Advocates](../letters/orgs/o150.md) |
| 36 | [Paul Smith](../letters/people/i0248.md) | Executive Director | [Citizen Impact – USA](../letters/orgs/o210.md) |
| 37 | [Kris Ullman](../letters/people/i0146.md) | President | [Eagle Forum](../letters/orgs/o078.md) |
| 38 | [Deborah Tilden](../letters/people/i0128.md) | Co-Founder | [S.M.A.R.T. Women’s Healthcare](../letters/orgs/o112.md) |
| 39 | [Jennifer Nolan, Ph.D.](../letters/people/i0249.md) | Executive Director | [Right to Life League](../letters/orgs/o211.md) |
| 40 | [Terrisa Bukovinac](../letters/people/i0171.md) | Founder & President | [Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU)](../letters/orgs/o212.md) |
| 41 | [O. Carter Snead](../letters/people/i0250.md) | Charles E. Rice Professor of Law; Fellow | [University of Notre Dame / Ethics and Public Policy Center](../letters/orgs/o213.md) |
| 42 | [Lauren Pope](../letters/people/i0219.md) | Executive Director | [Rehumanize International](../letters/orgs/o183.md) |
| 43 | [Mark Lee Dickson](../letters/people/i0181.md) | Founder; Director | [Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative / Right to Life Across Texas](../letters/orgs/o214.md) |
| 44 | [Jerry Cox](../letters/people/i0045.md) | President | [Family Council Arkansas](../letters/orgs/o041.md) |
| 45 | [Aaron Baer](../letters/people/i0074.md) | President | [Center for Christian Virtue](../letters/orgs/o069.md) |
| 46 | [Nicole Theis](../letters/people/i0049.md) | President | [Delaware Family Policy Council](../letters/orgs/o045.md) |
| 47 | [Jim Minnery](../letters/people/i0043.md) | President | [Alaska Family Council](../letters/orgs/o215.md) |
| 48 | [Jonathan Keller](../letters/people/i0046.md) | President & CEO | [California Family Council](../letters/orgs/o042.md) |
| 49 | [David Walls](../letters/people/i0188.md) | Executive Director | [The Family Foundation (KY)](../letters/orgs/o051.md) |
| 50 | [Jason J. McGuire](../letters/people/i0072.md) | Executive Director | [New York Families Action](../letters/orgs/o067.md) |
| 51 | [Steve Pettit](../letters/people/i0180.md) | President | [Palmetto Family Council](../letters/orgs/o152.md) |
| 52 | [Joe Pojman, Ph.D.](../letters/people/i0251.md) | President | [Texans for Life](../letters/orgs/o216.md) |
| 53 | [Eva Andrade](../letters/people/i0036.md) | President & CEO | [Hawaii Family Forum](../letters/orgs/o033.md) |
| 54 | [Keith Flaugh](../letters/people/i0252.md) | CEO | [Florida Citizens Alliance](../letters/orgs/o130.md) |
| 55 | [Thomas J. Shaheen](../letters/people/i0167.md) | Vice President for Policy | [Pennsylvania Family Council](../letters/orgs/o055.md) |
| 56 | [Brittany M. Jones](../letters/people/i0202.md) | President | [Kansas Family Voice](../letters/orgs/o050.md) |
| 57 | [Nathan Winters](../letters/people/i0224.md) | President & CEO | [Wyoming Family Alliance](../letters/orgs/o188.md) |
| 58 | [Cathy Waterbury](../letters/people/i0253.md) | Executive Director | [Confidential Care Mobile Ministry, Inc.](../letters/orgs/o217.md) |
| 59 | [River Sussman](../letters/people/i0254.md) | CEO | [Obria Medical Clinics PNW](../letters/orgs/o218.md) |
| 60 | [Trevor Polo](../letters/people/i0255.md) | Executive Director | [Protect Life Michigan](../letters/orgs/o219.md) |
| 61 | [Ryan McCann](../letters/people/i0040.md) | Executive Director | [Indiana Family Institute](../letters/orgs/o034.md) |
| 62 | [Peter Wolfgang](../letters/people/i0048.md) | President | [Family Institute of Connecticut Action](../letters/orgs/o044.md) |
| 63 | [Allan Wright](../letters/people/i0256.md) | Executive Director | [New Jersey Family Policy Center](../letters/orgs/o066.md) |
| 64 | [Nate Grasz](../letters/people/i0172.md) | Executive Director | [Nebraska Family Alliance](../letters/orgs/o064.md) |
| 65 | [Gene Mills](../letters/people/i0057.md) | President | [Louisiana Family Forum](../letters/orgs/o052.md) |
| 66 | [Jeff Laszloffy](../letters/people/i0068.md) | President/CEO | [Montana Family Foundation](../letters/orgs/o063.md) |
| 67 | [John Rustin](../letters/people/i0257.md) | President | [North Carolina Family Policy Council](../letters/orgs/o179.md) |
| 68 | [Jeffrey S. Trimbath](../letters/people/i0258.md) | Founder & President | [Maryland Family Institute](../letters/orgs/o220.md) |
| 69 | [Laura B. Strietmann](../letters/people/i0259.md) | Executive Director | [Cincinnati Right to Life](../letters/orgs/o221.md) |
| 70 | [Blaine Conzatti](../letters/people/i0207.md) | President | [Idaho Family Policy Center](../letters/orgs/o170.md) |
| 71 | [Myrna Maloney](../letters/people/i0208.md) | President & CEO | [Massachusetts Citizens for Life](../letters/orgs/o171.md) |
| 72 | [Mary Taylor](../letters/people/i0176.md) | President | [Pro-Life Utah](../letters/orgs/o149.md) |
| 73 | [Robin Sertell](../letters/people/i0166.md) | Chair | [Montanans for Life](../letters/orgs/o140.md) |
| 74 | [Esther Ripplinger](../letters/people/i0130.md) | President & CEO | [Human Life of Washington](../letters/orgs/o114.md) |
| 75 | [Shannon McGinley](../letters/people/i0070.md) | Executive Director | [Cornerstone Action New Hampshire](../letters/orgs/o065.md) |
| 76 | [David Koontz](../letters/people/i0260.md) | Executive Director | [Right of Life of North Central Indiana](../letters/orgs/o222.md) |
| 77 | [Amy Graening](../letters/people/i0261.md) | Executive Director | [Right to Life of Northeast Ohio](../letters/orgs/o223.md) |
| 78 | [Eunie Smith](../letters/people/i0083.md) | President | [Eagle Forum of Alabama](../letters/orgs/o128.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

77 distinct organizations and 78 named individuals, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

- [Americans United for Life](../letters/orgs/o005.md) — Right-to-life group
- [The Ethics and Public Policy Center](../letters/orgs/o184.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America](../letters/orgs/o001.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Family Policy Alliance](../letters/orgs/o003.md) — Family policy council
- [Students for Life of America](../letters/orgs/o008.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Live Action](../letters/orgs/o011.md) — Advocacy or other
- [American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists](../letters/orgs/o013.md) — Medical
- [Family Research Council](../letters/orgs/o009.md) — Family policy council
- [Care Net](../letters/orgs/o018.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Heartbeat International](../letters/orgs/o169.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Advancing American Freedom](../letters/orgs/o122.md) — Advocacy or other
- [The Abortion Survivors Network](../letters/orgs/o158.md) — Media
- [Feminists for Life of America](../letters/orgs/o204.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Vitae Foundation](../letters/orgs/o205.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Lifeline Children’s Services](../letters/orgs/o206.md) — Advocacy or other
- [The Radiance Foundation](../letters/orgs/o023.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Jewish Pro-Life Foundation](../letters/orgs/o136.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Human Life International](../letters/orgs/o032.md) — Advocacy or other
- [First Rights Global](../letters/orgs/o207.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Secular Pro-Life](../letters/orgs/o027.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Choose Life](../letters/orgs/o120.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Choose Life Coalition](../letters/orgs/o121.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Cogency Strategic](../letters/orgs/o126.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Life Matters TV and Media Inc.](../letters/orgs/o100.md) — Advocacy or other
- [The FAMiLY Leader](../letters/orgs/o048.md) — Family policy council
- [Christ Medicus Foundation](../letters/orgs/o072.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Liberty Counsel](../letters/orgs/o106.md) — Legal
- [Liberty Counsel Action](../letters/orgs/o103.md) — Legal
- [American Principles Project](../letters/orgs/o010.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)](../letters/orgs/o208.md) — Family policy council
- [Frontline Policy Council](../letters/orgs/o107.md) — Family policy council
- [Life Legal Defense Foundation](../letters/orgs/o098.md) — Legal
- [Natural Womanhood](../letters/orgs/o209.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Pulse Life Advocates](../letters/orgs/o150.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Citizen Impact – USA](../letters/orgs/o210.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Eagle Forum](../letters/orgs/o078.md) — Advocacy or other
- [S.M.A.R.T. Women's Healthcare](../letters/orgs/o112.md) — Medical
- [Right to Life League](../letters/orgs/o211.md) — Right-to-life group
- [Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU)](../letters/orgs/o212.md) — Advocacy or other
- [University of Notre Dame / Ethics and Public Policy Center](../letters/orgs/o213.md) — Academic
- [Rehumanize International](../letters/orgs/o183.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative / Right to Life Across Texas](../letters/orgs/o214.md) — Right-to-life group, TX
- [Arkansas Family Council](../letters/orgs/o041.md) — Family policy council, AR
- [Center for Christian Virtue](../letters/orgs/o069.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Delaware Family Policy Council](../letters/orgs/o045.md) — Family policy council, DE
- [Alaska Family Council](../letters/orgs/o215.md) — Family policy council, AK
- [California Family Council](../letters/orgs/o042.md) — Family policy council, CA
- [The Family Foundation of Kentucky](../letters/orgs/o051.md) — Family policy council, KY
- [New York Families Action](../letters/orgs/o067.md) — Advocacy or other, NY
- [Palmetto Family Council](../letters/orgs/o152.md) — Family policy council, SC
- [Texans for Life Committee](../letters/orgs/o216.md) — Right-to-life group, TX
- [Hawaii Family Forum](../letters/orgs/o033.md) — Family policy council, HI
- [Florida Citizens Alliance](../letters/orgs/o130.md) — Advocacy or other, FL
- [Pennsylvania Family Institute](../letters/orgs/o055.md) — Family policy council, PA
- [Kansas Family Voice](../letters/orgs/o050.md) — Family policy council, KS
- [Wyoming Family Alliance](../letters/orgs/o188.md) — Family policy council, WY
- [Confidential Care Mobile Ministry, Inc.](../letters/orgs/o217.md) — Advocacy or other
- [Obria Medical Clinics PNW](../letters/orgs/o218.md) — Medical
- [Protect Life Michigan](../letters/orgs/o219.md) — Advocacy or other, MI
- [Indiana Family Institute](../letters/orgs/o034.md) — Family policy council, IN
- [Family Institute of Connecticut Action](../letters/orgs/o044.md) — Family policy council, CT
- [New Jersey Family Policy Center](../letters/orgs/o066.md) — Family policy council, NJ
- [Nebraska Family Alliance](../letters/orgs/o064.md) — Family policy council, NE
- [Louisiana Family Forum](../letters/orgs/o052.md) — Family policy council, LA
- [Montana Family Foundation](../letters/orgs/o063.md) — Family policy council, MT
- [North Carolina Family Policy Council](../letters/orgs/o179.md) — Family policy council, NC
- [Maryland Family Institute](../letters/orgs/o220.md) — Family policy council, MD
- [Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati](../letters/orgs/o221.md) — Right-to-life group, OH
- [Idaho Family Policy Center](../letters/orgs/o170.md) — Family policy council, ID
- [Massachusetts Citizens for Life](../letters/orgs/o171.md) — Right-to-life group, MA
- [Pro-Life Utah](../letters/orgs/o149.md) — Advocacy or other, UT
- [Montanans for Life](../letters/orgs/o140.md) — Right-to-life group, MT
- [Human Life of Washington](../letters/orgs/o114.md) — Advocacy or other, WA
- [Cornerstone Action (New Hampshire)](../letters/orgs/o065.md) — Family policy council, NH
- [Right of Life of North Central Indiana](../letters/orgs/o222.md) — Advocacy or other, IN
- [Right to Life of Northeast Ohio](../letters/orgs/o223.md) — Right-to-life group, OH
- [Eagle Forum of Alabama](../letters/orgs/o128.md) — Advocacy or other, AL

## Sources

- [aul.org/wp-content/uploads/…](https://aul.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Hyde-Pro-Life-Coalition-Letter-January-2026-3.pdf) — Primary source (https://aul.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Hyde-Pro-Life-Coalition-Letter-January-2026-3.pdf)
- [aul.org/wp-content/uploads/…](https://aul.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Hyde-Pro-Life-Coalition-Letter-January-15-2026.pdf) — secondary (https://aul.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Hyde-Pro-Life-Coalition-Letter-January-15-2026.pdf)

## 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.