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Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (formerly Susan B. Anthony List) is an American
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organization that seeks to reduce and ultimately end abortion in the US, by supporting
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politicians, primarily women, through its SBA Pro-Life America Candidate Fund
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. Founded in 1993 by sociologist and psychologist Rachel MacNair, the SBA List was a response to the success of the
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group
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, which was partly responsible for bringing about the 1992 " Year of the Woman", in which a significant number of women who favored abortion rights were elected to Congress. MacNair wished to help anti-abortion women gain high public office. MacNair recruited Marjorie Dannenfelser and Jane Abraham as the first experienced leaders of SBA List. Dannenfelser is now president of the organization and Abraham is chairwoman of the board. Named for suffragist Susan B. Anthony, SBA List identifies itself with Anthony and several 19th-century women's rights activists. SBA List argues that Anthony and other early feminists were opposed to abortion, a view that has been challenged by scholars and abortion-rights activists. Anthony scholar
Ann D. Gordon Ann Dexter Gordon (1944 – March 19, 2025) was an American research professor in the department of history at Rutgers University and editor of the papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, a survey of more than 14,000 papers relat ...
and Anthony biographer Lynn Sherr write that Anthony "spent no time on the politics of abortion".


Founding

The formation of the SBA List was catalyzed in March 1992 when Rachel MacNair, head of
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, watched a ''
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'' television documentary profiling
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heiress Ellen Malcolm and the successful campaign-funding activities of her Democratic abortion-rights group
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. MacNair, a peace activist and anti-abortion activist, was motivated to organize the Susan B. Anthony List for the purpose of countering EMILY's List by providing early campaign funds to anti-abortion women candidates. Led by FFL and MacNair, 15 anti-abortion groups formed an umbrella organization, the National Women's Coalition for Life (NWCL), which adopted a joint anti-abortion statement on April 3, 1992. Also inspired by EMILY's List, in 1992, the
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was formed to promote Republican candidates who favored abortion rights. In November 1992, after many of the candidates who favored abortion rights won their races to create what was termed the " Year of the Woman", MacNair announced the formation of the SBA List, describing its purpose as endorsing and supporting women who held anti-abortion beliefs without regard to party affiliation. MacNair determined to challenge the EMILY's List and the WISH List notion that the top female politicians primarily supported abortion rights. She said the SBA List would not support right-wing political candidates. "We want good records on women's rights – probably not Phyllis Schlafly". The NWCL sponsored the SBA List with $2,485 to create it as a
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(PAC) on February 4, 1993, listing MacNair as the first secretary; the group operated out of MacNair's office inside a
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on East 47th Street in
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. The first SBA List public event was held the same month at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the
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. Organized by founding board member Susan Gibbs, the "kickoff" event raised "more than $9000".


Susan B. Anthony and early feminist connection

MacNair named the SBA List after the famous
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, Susan B. Anthony. The leaders of the SBA List say that Anthony was "passionately
pro-life Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in response to the lega ...
"."Susan B. Anthony: Pro-life Feminist"
''The Washington Post'', May 2010; accessed June 17, 2014.
The portrayal of Susan B. Anthony as a passionate opponent of abortion has been subject to a modern-day dispute. The National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House said, "The List's assertions about Susan B. Anthony's position on abortion are historically inaccurate." Anthony scholar
Ann D. Gordon Ann Dexter Gordon (1944 – March 19, 2025) was an American research professor in the department of history at Rutgers University and editor of the papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, a survey of more than 14,000 papers relat ...
and Anthony biographer Lynn Sherr said that "Anthony spent no time on the politics of abortion. It was of no interest to her." According to Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the SBA List, Anthony "referred to abortion as 'the horrible crime of child murder. Gordon and Sherr said the "child-murder" quote attributed to Anthony actually appeared in an article written anonymously by someone else and that other quotes attributed to Anthony have been misattributed or taken out of context. Gordon said that Anthony "never voiced an opinion about the sanctity of fetal life ... and she never voiced an opinion about using the power of the state to require that pregnancies be brought to term". The Anthony Museum and House provided evidence for the idea that the author of the "child-murder" article was a man. The "child-murder" article appeared in Anthony's newspaper and was signed "A". According to Ward, Susan B. Anthony signed her articles as "SBA". Ward said that another article in her newspaper that was signed "A" took issue with one of its editorials, generating a discussion in which the editors referred its author as "Mr. A."


History


Early activities and re-organization

Founding board member Susan Gibbs, later the communications director for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, said, of the early years for the SBA List, "None of us had political experience. None of us had PAC experience. We just had a passion for being pro-life." Shortly after its founding, experienced political activists Marjorie Dannenfelser and then Jane Abraham were brought on board — Dannenfelser served as executive director, leading the organization from her home in
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. In 1994, the SBA List was successful in helping 8 of its 15 selected candidates gain office. In 1996, only two challengers who were financially backed were elected, while five SBA-List-supported incumbents retained their positions, a disappointing election for the group. In 1997, the SBA List was re-organized by Dannenfelser and Abraham into its current form as a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization with a connected PAC, the SBA List Candidate Fund. Abraham became president and Dannenfelser held the position of chairwoman of the board. The rules for endorsing and financially supporting candidates were tightened: in addition to the politician having to be female, she must have demonstrated an anti-abortion record (a simple declaration was not enough), and she must be seen as likely to win her race. In 1998, the SBA List began backing male anti-abortion candidates as well, endorsing three men in a pilot program. One of the three won election to office: Republican Peter Fitzgerald who received $2,910 from the SBA List to assist him in his $12.3 million win over Democrat Carol Moseley Braun in a battle for the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois. Abraham served as president from 1997 until 2006 when Dannenfelser became president. In 2000 the SBA List contributed $25,995 to its favored candidates, in contrast to the WISH List and EMILY's List, which contributed $608,273 and $20 million, respectively, to their favored candidates.


Recent history

Contributions from supporters grew by 50% from 2007 to 2009. As of December 2009, the SBA List had outspent the
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in every election cycle since 1996. Former Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave joined the SBA List in March 2009 and works as a project director and spokesperson. The organization tried to keep abortion coverage out of any health care reform legislation in 2009 and 2010. It had targeted
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Bob Casey to ensure abortion was not covered in the
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(PPACA), and lobbied for the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to H.R. 3962. The group criticized Senator Ben Nelson for what it called a "fake compromise" on abortion in the PPACA and condemned the
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passage of the Senate bill. The group had planned to honor Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) at its March gala, but after Stupak's deal with President Obama, in which Obama would issue an
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banning federal funding for abortion under the bill,"Choice, Life Groups Slam Obama Order on Abortion Funding"
, Fox News, March 21, 2010.
Stupak was stripped of his "Defender of Life Award" three days before the gala because of the SBA List's doubts, shared by the most prominent anti-abortion groups, about the effectiveness of the Executive Order."Stupak Award Rescinded"
, ''CNN'', Mar. 22, 2010
Stupak had told Dannenfelser, "They he Democratic leadershipknow I won't fold. There is no way." On the day of the vote, Dannenfelser said she promised Stupak that the SBA List was "going to be involved in your defeat". In a statement, Dannenfelser said, "We were planning to honor Congressman Stupak for his efforts to keep abortion-funding out of health care reform. We will no longer be doing so...Let me be clear: any representative, including Rep. Stupak, who votes for this health care bill can no longer call themselves 'pro-life.'" No one received the award in his place, and Dannenfelser instead used the occasion to condemn Stupak."Without Stupak, Anti-Abortion Group's Dinner Goes On"
, ''New York Times'', March 24, 2010.
The group dropped its plans to help Stupak fend off a primary challenge from Connie Saltonstall, who decided to challenge Stupak on the basis of his anti-abortion views. Stupak later dropped out of the race, announcing his retirement from Congress. In 2010, the SBA List hosted events featuring prominent anti-abortion political figures as speakers, including Sarah Palin, Minnesota Governor
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and Rep.
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. In August 2010, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, the SBA List held a colloquium with five scholars at the Yale Club of New York City, billed as "A Conversation on Pro-Life Feminism"."Reaching Out to the Woman in the Yellow Sweater"
, ''Slate'', ''The XX Factor Blog'', August 26, 2010
An SBA List project, "Votes Have Consequences", was headed by former Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave and was aimed at defeating vulnerable candidates in 2010 whom they considered insufficiently anti-abortion, for instance those who supported health care reform. In January 2011, along with
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and '' The Daily Caller'', the organization sponsored a debate between candidates for chair of the
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. Peter Roff writing for '' U.S. News & World Report'' credited the SBA List for the passage in the House of an amendment to defund
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of federal dollars for fiscal year 2011. Writing for ''
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'', feminist author
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wrote that in striving against
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, the SBA List registered its priority as ending abortion rather than helping women prevent unwanted pregnancies. In March 2011, the SBA List teamed with
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for a bus tour through 13 congressional districts either thanking or condemning their representatives for their votes to defund Planned Parenthood of tax dollars in the Pence Amendment. In response, Planned Parenthood launched its own tour to follow the SBA List bus. The SBA List also bought $200,000 in radio and television ads backing six Republicans who voted to defund Planned Parenthood in response to a $200,000 ad buy by Planned Parenthood against the Pence Amendment. In July 2011, the SBA List held a rally in
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supporting the
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's decision to cut off state funding for Planned Parenthood.N.H. activists laud end of Planned Parenthood contract
, necn.com, July 15, 2011; accessed June 17, 2014.
The SBA List has lobbied for passage of the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a federal bill which would ban abortions after 20 weeks. Also in 2011, the SBA List founded the Charlotte Lozier Institute. Named after
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, the institute has served as the SBA List's research and education institute ever since. In May 2018, President Donald Trump addressed the SBA List's 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala, becoming the first sitting president to address the group. In his address, Trump asked listeners to "vote for life". SBA is a member of the advisory board of
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, a collection of
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and
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policy proposals from
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to reshape the
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and consolidate
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should the Republican nominee win the
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.


Strategies

The SBA List employs many strategies in order to attract the public to its mission. Lawyer and Scholar Tali Leinwand explains that the SBA List encourages Republicans not to endorse personhood amendments, and attempts to link the anti-abortion movement to less controversial causes like opposition to the Affordable Care Act. These strategies, Leinwand argues, attempt to de-stigmatize the anti-abortion movement.


Charlotte Lozier Institute

Founded in 2011, the Charlotte Lozier Institute (sometimes shortened to the Lozier Institute or CLI) is SBA List's research and education arm. Named after
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, it is based in
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. Charles Donovan serves as its president, while James Studnicki is its director of data analytics. In 2021, the group filed an
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in ''
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'', a Supreme Court case over a 2018 Mississippi state law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. CLI argued that research has shown fetuses can feel pain as early as the second trimester of pregnancy, and states have legitimate interests in "preventing the infliction of great pain and even death on a conscious human being," and so the Mississippi law should be found constitutional. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled that the Constitution does not guarantee a right to abortion. In 2023, research from CLI was cited in Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk's ruling in ''
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'', a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration's approval of
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, a drug used in medication abortions. The now-retracted study, authored by James Studnicki, claimed that more than one-fourth of women on Medicaid who were prescribed abortion medication between 1999 and 2015 went to an emergency room within 30 days. The study was retracted in 2024 based on several factors, including unsupported assumptions, misleading presentation of data, and lack of scientific rigor. In addition, the retraction cited undisclosed conflicts of interest, as one of the peer reviewers was affiliated with CLI and all but one of the authors had undeclared affiliations with CLI or other anti-abortion advocacy organizations. As part of the investigation, two other studies by Studnicki from 2021 and 2022 were also retracted over fundamental errors in study design, analysis, and data presentation, and an undisclosed conflict of interest from the same peer reviewer.


Elections


2006 elections

The 2006 midterm elections were moderately successful for the SBA list. Twenty-one out of 38 endorsed candidates won their contests, for a success rate of 55%


2008 presidential election

The SBA List gained renewed attention during the 2008 presidential election following
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's nomination for
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. In 2008, the SBA List also started a
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and blog called "Team Sarah", which is "dedicated to advancing the values that Sarah Palin represents in the political process". Palin headlined the organization's 2010 "Celebration of Life" breakfast fundraiser, an event which got extensive media coverage and in which she coined the term "
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". According to ''
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'', Palin's criteria for endorsing candidates is whether they have the support of the
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and whether they have the support of the SBA List.


2009 elections

In the 2009 special election to fill the vacant House seat for the
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in
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, the group endorsed
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, the candidate of the
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, over the Republican candidate,
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, who favors abortion rights. The SBA List spent over $100,000 on Hoffman's behalf, joining with the
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and other socially conservative groups in supporting Hoffman's campaign.


2010 elections

For the 2010 elections, the SBA List planned to spend $6 million"For GOP Women, 2010 May Not Be Their Year"
''Los Angeles Times'', July 24, 2010.
(including $3 million solely on
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races) and endorsed several dozen candidates. The SBA List spent nearly $1.7 million on
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campaigns for or against 50 candidates. The SBA List conducted a 23-city bus tour to the Congressional districts of self-described "pro-life" Democrats in
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,
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and
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who voted for the health care reform bill and to rally supporters to vote them out. The bus tour attracted counterprotests at some stops, such as one in Pennsylvania where a group called Catholics United accused the SBA List of lying about health care reform. The organization launched a "Life Speaking Out" petition to urge the Republican Party to include opposition to abortion in its Pledge to America. The petition was sent with over 20,000 signatures on it. In the California Senate race, the group endorsed
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against incumbent Senator
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, and spent slightly under $235,000 in
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in support of Fiorina. The SBA List partnered with the
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to air
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TV commercials attacking Boxer's positions on abortion and gay marriage. However, Boxer prevailed over Fiorina in the November 2010 election. Other notable endorsements included
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, who unsuccessfully challenged incumbent
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in
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; the SBA List endorsed Angle despite having previously endorsed Angle's
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opponent,
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. In September 2010, the SBA List launched a $150,000 campaign on behalf of
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Senate candidate
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for the
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. Ayotte won the primary to become the nominee, and later prevailed in the general election. In October 2010, the SBA List endorsed Joe Miller, Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Alaska. The SBA List endorsed Miller after Sen.
Lisa Murkowski Lisa Ann Murkowski ( ; born May 22, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States senator from the state of Alaska, having held the seat since 2002. She is the first woman ...
decided to stage a write-in campaign after losing the
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to Miller, and they launched a $10,000 radio campaign to air ads attacking Murkowski for turning a "deaf ear" to the will of voters who voted her out in the primary. Murkowski defeated Miller, who conceded after two months of court battles over contested ballots.


Driehaus political ad litigation

In the 2010 campaign, the organization purchased
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advertisements in the district of Rep.
Steve Driehaus Steven Leo Driehaus (born June 24, 1966) is an American politician and former U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previou ...
of Ohio that showed a photo of Driehaus and intoned, ''"Shame on Steve Driehaus! Driehaus voted FOR taxpayer-funded abortion"'' The advertisement referred to Driehaus's vote in favor of the health care overhaul bill."Driehaus suit against SBA List moves forward"
, politico.com; December 3, 2010; accessed June 17, 2014.
The SBA List has taken the position that the legislation in question allows for taxpayer-funded abortion, a claim which was ruled by a judge to be factually incorrect.
, politico.com; accessed June 17, 2014.
In response, Driehaus, who represented Ohio's heavily anti-abortion 1st congressional district, filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission (OEC), saying the advertisements were false and violated Ohio election law."Ohio Democrat files election complaint over pro-life group's billboard"
catholicnewsagency.com; accessed May 31, 2014.
The OEC ruled in Driehaus' favor in a probable cause hearing on October 14, 2010. In response, the SBA List asked a federal judge to issue an injunction against the OEC on the grounds that the law at issue stifles free speech and that its ads were based on the group's own interpretation of the law. The
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of Ohio filed an 18-page
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on the SBA List's behalf, arguing that the Ohio law in question is "unconstitutionally vague" and has a "chilling" effect on the SBA List's right to
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. A federal judge rejected the SBA List's federal lawsuit on
abstention Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a Voting, vote either does not go to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote but does not cast a ballot. Abstention must be contrast ...
grounds and allowed Driehaus's OEC complaint to move forward. After the OEC complaint was filed, the SBA List began airing a radio ad in Driehaus's district in which Dannenfelser stated that the group "
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not be silenced or intimidated" by Driehaus's legal action. Driehaus persuaded the billboard company to withdraw the SBA List's advertisement, which was never erected. Driehaus lost the seat to
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, the incumbent whom Driehaus had defeated two years earlier, in the November general election. Driehaus sued the SBA List in a second case on December 3, 2010, accusing the organization of
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that caused him a "loss of livelihood". The List continued to seek to have the law in question overturned; the ACLU joined in the organization's fight against the law. On August 1, 2011, judge
Timothy Black Timothy Seymour Black (born August 30, 1953) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Education Black earned a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in 1975 and then earne ...
dismissed the SBA List's challenge to the Ohio law, holding that the federal court lacked jurisdiction since the billboards were never erected and the OEC never made a final ruling and denied a
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by the List in the defamation case, allowing Driehaus's defamation claims regarding other SBA List statements to go forward. Black also directed the SBA List to desist from claiming on its website that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) subsidized abortion as the law does not directly mention abortion. SBA List argued that its statements were opinions and were thus protected, but the court rejected this argument given that SBA List itself had claimed that this was a "fact". On August 19, 2011, the SBA List appealed the decision on the Ohio law to the
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. In May 2013, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the SBA List could not challenge the law under the First Amendment. On August 9, 2013, the SBA List petitioned the
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to review the law. On January 10, 2014, the Supreme Court accepted the case. The Court heard the case on April 22, 2014.''Susan B. Anthony List, et al. v. Steven Driehaus, et al.'', no. 13-193, ( docket; retrieved April 7, 2014. On June 16, 2014, the
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ruled 9–0 in SBA List's favor, allowing them to proceed in challenging the constitutionality of the law. On September 11, 2014, Judge
Timothy Black Timothy Seymour Black (born August 30, 1953) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Education Black earned a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in 1975 and then earne ...
of the
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struck down the law as unconstitutional. Black said in his ruling, "We do not want the government (i. e., the Ohio Elections Commission) deciding what is political truth — for fear that the government might persecute those who criticize it. Instead, in a democracy, the voters should decide."


2011 elections

In October 2011, the SBA List announced it would involve itself in the 2011 Virginia state Senate elections, endorsing challengers Bryce Reeves against Edd Houck, Caren Merrick against Barbara Favola for an open seat, Patricia Phillips against
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, and incumbent Sen.
Jill Vogel Jill Kendrick Holtzman Vogel (née Holtzman; born July 6, 1970) is an American attorney and politician who served as the Virginia State Senator from the 27th district from 2008 to 2024. A Republican, her district was located in exurban and ru ...
in an effort to flip control of the state Senate, which the group described as a "graveyard for pro-life legislation". It also announced it was spending $25,000 against Sen. Edd Houck to expose his "extreme record on abortion". Merrick and Phillips lost, but Vogel won re-election and Reeves defeated Houck by just 222 votes.


2012 presidential election

In 2011, the SBA List began to ask 2012 Republican presidential candidates to sign a pledge to appointing only anti-abortion judicial nominees and cabinet members, preventing taxpayer funding of abortion, and supporting legislation to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy based on the
fetal pain Prenatal perception is the study of the extent of somatosensory and other types of perception during pregnancy. In practical terms, this means the study of fetuses; none of the accepted indicators of perception are present in embryos. Studies of ...
concept. Candidates
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,
Tim Pawlenty Timothy James Pawlenty ( ; born November 27, 1960) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served from 2003 to 2011 as the 39th governor of Minnesota. A member of the Republican Party, Pawlenty served in the Minnesota House ...
,
Michele Bachmann Michele Marie Bachmann (; née Amble; born April 6, 1956) is an American politician who was the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 2007 until 2015. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican P ...
,
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,
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, Thaddeus McCotter,
Herman Cain Herman Cain (December 13, 1945July 30, 2020) was an American businessman and Tea Party movement activist in the Republican Party. Cain graduated from Morehouse College with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. He then earned a master's degree ...
, and
Ron Paul Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977, and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas' ...
all signed the pledge, but
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,
Jon Huntsman, Jr. Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. (born March 26, 1960) is an American politician, businessman, and diplomat who served as the 16th governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the L ...
, and
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declined. Romney's refusal (he said the pledge might have "unintended consequences") sparked heated criticism from the SBA List, some of the other candidates, and political observers given Romney's past support for legalized abortion. Huntsman said he would not sign any pledges from political groups during the campaign"Susan B. Anthony List keeps up anti-abortion pledge pressure"
, politico.com; accessed June 17, 2014.
and was criticized by the SBA List as well. Cain initially said he agreed with the first three parts, but objected to the wording in the pledge which said he would have to "advance" the fetal pain bill; he said he would sign it but Congress would have to advance it. Cain later signed the pledge in November 2011. Johnson, who supports abortion rights, declined. In August 2011, the SBA List, along with the
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and
National Organization for Marriage The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is an American non-profit political organization established to work against the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States. It was formed in 2007 specifically to pass California Propos ...
, conducted a "Values Voter Bus Tour" in
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ahead of the
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. Candidates Pawlenty, Bachmann, and Santorum and other Republican elected officials, including Iowa Lt. Gov.
Kim Reynolds Kimberly Kay Reynolds (née Strawn, August 4, 1959) is an American politician from Iowa. A Republican, Reynolds has served since 2017 as the 43rd governor of Iowa. She is the first female governor in Iowa history. Reynolds was elected Clarke ...
and Reps.
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and
Louie Gohmert Louis Buller Gohmert Jr. (; born August 18, 1953) is an American attorney, politician, and former judge who was the U.S. representative from Texas's 1st congressional district from 2005 to 2023. Gohmert is a Republican and was part of the Tea ...
, joined. The SBA List endorsed Rick Santorum for the nomination, spending $512,000 on his behalf. After Mitt Romney became the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party, the SBA List declared that former Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice Condoleezza "Condi" Rice ( ; born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat and political scientist serving since 2020 as the 8th director of Stanford University's Hoover Institution. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served ...
was unqualified for vice president due to her describing herself as "mildly pro-choice". In August, SBA released an ad featuring anti-abortion activist Melissa Ohden who says she survived an abortion in 1977. The ad criticized
Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who was the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president in American history. O ...
, saying that while serving in the
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, he voted four times to deny medical care to infants born alive during failed abortion procedures. In a 2008 analysis,
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drew a mixed conclusion overall, finding both the SBA List and Obama had made misleading and/or inaccurate comments regarding Obama's voting record on the topic in question while he served in the
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.


2013 Virginia gubernatorial election

The SBA List made the
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a priority for 2013, endorsing
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and pledging to spend $1.5 million in the election through its Virginia PAC, Women Speak Out. Cuccinelli was defeated narrowly in the general election by Democratic nominee
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.


2014 elections

The SBA List sought to spend $8 million to $10 million on elections in 2014.Susan B. Anthony List targets Democrats
, politico.com, February 2014; accessed June 17, 2014.


2016 elections

The SBA List spent $18 million in the
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.


2017 elections

SBAL endorsed
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in the June 2017 special election for Georgia's 6th congressional district, spending $90,000 to support Handel.


2018 elections

The SBA List typically endorses Republicans, but in 2018 they endorsed Democrat
Dan Lipinski Daniel William Lipinski (born July 15, 1966) is an American politician and political scientist who served eight terms as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Illinois's 3rd congressional district from 2005 to 2021. ...
in a primary election against his challenger,
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, who favors abortion rights. The SBA List spent six figures on direct mail and other advertising for Lipinski in his
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, and sent a 70-person canvassing team to turn out voters for Lipinski.Anti-abortion group tries to rescue a ... Democrat (!)
(McClatchy DC)
Lipinski is one of the few Democrats left that the group considers an ally, and Dannenfelser called him "a pro-life hero of legendary courage and integrity". After Lipinski voted against the Affordable Care Act due to concerns over taxpayer funding of abortion, the group told him "that they would always be there to fight for him if he ever came under fire". Lipinski won the primary by roughly 2,000 votes, and the SBA List, which knocked on 17,000 doors in the district to support Lipinski, was credited with helping him win.


2022 rebranding

In June 2022, the group rebranded as Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. The new name is intended to parallel the name of
NARAL Pro-Choice America Reproductive Freedom for All, formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America and commonly known as simply NARAL ( ), is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization in the United States that engages in lobbying, politics, political action, and advocacy efforts to op ...
.


2024 elections

According to a Reuters report from July 2024, Marjorie Dannenfelser, President of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, warned the Republican National Committee and Donald Trump to not weaken language on the party's platform referring to the federal government's role in restricting abortion access. Specifically, she warned that "it would be a miscalculation that would hurt party unity and destroy pro-life enthusiasm" before the 2024 election. According to a Fox News report published October 30, 2024, the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America engaged more than 1,000 students, as well as other canvassers of various ages and backgrounds, to reach out to persuadable voters in battleground states. The report also states that the non-profit raised $92 million dollars and engaged canvassers to knock on more than 4 million doors in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. One million of these door knocking visits were made by student canvassers. Their messaging was centered on the grounds that "Vice President Kamala Harris is too extreme on abortion."


See also

*
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References


External links


Official website
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