Conservative Action Project

May 11, 2022
Washington, DC

Despite the unprecedented and egregious nature of the recent leak from the Supreme Court, the conservative movement is thrilled with the superb legal reasoning and analysis presented by Justice Samuel Alito in his draft opinion striking down Roe v Wade.

While we acknowledge the draft nature of the opinion, we are tremendously gratified to see the Court acknowledge what the conservative movement and legal practitioners across the spectrum have known for decades: since its inception, Roe was wrongly decided.

As Justice Alito stated in the draft opinion, “Roe was “egregiously wrong from the start,” its reasoning was “exceptionally weak,” and it has had “damaging consequences.” Moreover, Alito wrote that, “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives…. That is what the Constitution and the rule of law demand.”

The unhinged overreaction from the left has willfully misrepresented the impact of a final ruling which strikes down Roe. There will be no “nationwide abortion ban.” Rather, the issue of abortion policy will simply return to the states, where voters, rather than unelected judges, will decide the issue for themselves.

Indeed, as Alito’s draft opinion stresses that this is an issue that should not be determined by judicial fiat, but rather by the democratic process: “The permissibility of abortion, and the limitations upon it are to be resolved like most important questions in our democracy: by citizens trying to persuade one another and then voting,” he wrote.

For the first time in 50 years, the pro-abortion movement will have to justify their cause in the democratic arena, which entails defending the gruesome and horrific practices of abortion and the blatant exploitation of women on which the abortion industry relies.

The left has engaged in a vicious assault on the norms of the Court and the country to prevent this democratic process from happening. Whoever leaked the draft of an opinion in a pending case is engaged in an overt attempt to bully the Court out of its deliberative proceedings and shake the foundations of an impartial application of the rule of law. We condemn it in the strongest terms.

We are profoundly grateful for the deeply researched and clearly reasoned scholarship of Justice Alito and those who stand with him. It would be our greatest privilege to see Roe struck down in our lifetimes – and to celebrate the lives of the millions of unique and precious souls who will be saved as a result.

As a movement, we have stood arm-in-arm to defend the cause of life for decades. We will continue to support pregnant mothers throughout every stage of pregnancy and motherhood and defend the cause of human dignity through resources, state, and federal policy advocacy.

We urge the Court to remain steady in its work and committed to its course. And we look forward to a final opinion that rights the tragic wrongs of Roe.


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Concerned Women for America
Marjorie Dannenfelser
President
Susan B. Anthony List
The Honorable Tony Perkins
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Family Research Council
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
Kevin Roberts, Ph.D.
President
The Heritage Foundation
Thomas Fitton
President, Judicial Watch, Inc.
President, Council for National Policy
The Honorable Brooke Rollins
President and CEO
America First Policy Institute (AFPI)
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
Ed Corrigan
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Executive Director
Advancing American Freedom
Lori Roman
President
ACRU Action Fund
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Executive Director
Senate Conservatives Fund
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Center for Renewing America
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Director, Center for Energy and Environment
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Founder and President
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Chief Operating Officer
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
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Greenlight Strategies, LLC
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Co-Founder
American Accountability Foundation
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Senior Director of Policy
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
L. Brent Bozell III
Founder and President
Media Research Center
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Senior Legal Fellow
Conservative Partnership Institute
Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.
President and CEO
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President
American Principles Project
David Bozell
President
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Chief Domestic Advisor
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The Leadership Institute
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The Bill Walton Show
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Office of Management and Budget (2020-2021)
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Family Research Council
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Founder & President
Dr. James Dobson Family Institute
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President
American Values
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President
Eagle Forum
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Arizona House of Representatives
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American Accountability Foundation
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State Freedom Caucus Network
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The Capitalist League
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The Martin Organization, Inc.
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Chief Strategy Officer
Martin Capital
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President
The Martin Foundation
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Campaign for the American Future
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The Martin Organization, Inc.
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National Federation of Republican Assemblies
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Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University
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Founder, President
RCW Speakers
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General Partner
Aslan Ventures
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Washington Marketing Group
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Christian Employers Alliance
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President
American Policy Center
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Tea Party Nation
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Former Administrator
The Weyrich Lunch (1999-2016)
Thomas Pyle
President
American Energy Alliance
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Judicial Crisis Network
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Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
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CEO
Beaman Ventures
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President
Galen Institute
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State Chairman
NYS Conservative Party
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Conservative Activist and Donor
Law Offices of Jack Park
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Chairman
The Witherspoon Institute
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President
American Encore
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President
Center for Military Readiness
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Chief Operating Officer
Center for Urban Renewal and Education
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President
60 Plus Association
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Capitol Resource Institute
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Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
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National Director
Priests for Life
Karen England
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Capitol Resource Institute
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President of Corporate Affairs
American Target Advertising
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President
The Jesse Helms Center
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CEO
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President
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The Richard Norman Company
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Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
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Exec. Vice President
AFA Action
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Eagle Forum
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President
Lindsey Communications
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President
Hawaiian Values
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Founder
The Western Journal
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Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
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Executive Director
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President
CatholicVote
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President
Noah Webster Educational Foundation
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Partner
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Partner
Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP
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CEO
R2 LLC
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Eagle Forum of Ohio
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Founder & Chairman
The Citizens for America Foundation
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The Conservative Caucus
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Former Chief Defense and Space Negotiator
Former SDI Director
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President
Sandy Creek Poundation
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Principal
K D + B
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Council for National Policy
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Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice
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