Open letter to the Trump Administration on ICE detention of pregnant, postpartum and nursing women

PL-2026-002 · February 13, 2026

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
February 13, 2026
Lead organization
Rehumanize International
Recipient
President Trump, Secretary Noem, Acting Director Lyons
Topic
Pregnant detainee protections
Type
Coalition letter
Verification
Primary source
Signature rows
34 (33 reported)
Completeness
Complete from letter text

§ 1 Key language

“urge the immediate reinstatement and enforcement of federal protections” Rehumanize International, February 13, 2026

§ 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 Policy-restoration ask unrelated to abolition.
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 Medical/GAO framing.

§ 3 Signatories

34 signature rows · 33 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 Lauren Pope Executive Director Rehumanize International
2 Monica Snyder Executive Director Secular Pro-Life
3 Scott Baker VP of Public Affairs Choose Life Coalition
4 Board of Directors Feminists Choosing Life of New York
5 Josh Brahm President & Co-Founder Equal Rights Institute
6 Terrisa Bukovinac Founder & CEO Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising
7 Kristen Day Executive Director Democrats for Life
8 Catherine Glenn Foster, MA JD President & CEO First Rights Global
9 Karen Garnett Vice President of National Expansion Cogency Strategic
10 Levi Hart CEO Reach Reproductive Health
11 Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa Founder & President New Wave Feminists
12 Hayden Laye Founder & Director Pro-Life Greenville (SC)
13 Maria McFadden Maffucci Editor in Chief Human Life Review
14 Monica Migliorino Miller, PhD President Citizens for a Pro-Life Society
15 Melissa Ohden Founder & CEO Abortion Survivors Network
16 Nelly Roach CEO Choose Life
17 Lila Rose Founder & President Live Action
18 Eric J Scheidler Executive Director Pro-Life Action League
19 Jack Ternan Chairman American Solidarity Party
20 Franciscan Action Network
21 Dr. Charlie Camosy Pro-Life Ethicist Own name
22 Canon Georgette Forney President Anglicans for Life
23 Herb Geraghty Formerly Incarcerated & Pardoned Pro-Life Activist Own name
24 Lauren Handy Formerly Incarcerated & Pardoned Pro-Life Activist Own name
25 Dr. Sean Hutzler MD FACEP FAAEM Own name
26 Dan Lipinski Congressman US IL-3, Retired Own name
27 Leah Libresco Sergeant Pro-Life Author Own name
28 Lois Anderson Executive Director Oregon Right to Life
29 Dana DiMattia Coalition Organizer Virginians for Preborn Justice
30 Thomas Hill Coalition Organizer Virginians for Preborn Justice
31 Elizabeth Edmonds Executive Director Georgia Life Alliance
32 Melanie Garcia Lyon Indiana Pro-life Activist Own name
33 Jonathon Keller President California Family Council
34 Melanie Salazar Executive Director Pro-Life San Francisco

§ 4 Organizations on this letter

26 distinct organizations and 32 named individuals, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

Organizations

§ 5 Sources

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

secularprolife.org/2026/02/open-letter…https://secularprolife.org/2026/02/open-letter-about-ice-detention-of-pregnant-women/
Primary source
democratsforlife.org/index.php/articles-…https://www.democratsforlife.org/index.php/articles-and-op-eds/press-releases
Secondary
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.