Here’s the letter we sent to the White House

Pulse Life Advocates, in unity with nearly 80 pro-life organizations, signed on to this letter sent to the President and Congressional leaders to preserve and protect the Hyde Amendment, which prevents the use of taxpayer dollars being used to pay for abortions. 

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January 9, 2026 

The Honorable Donald J. Trump 

President of the United States 

The White House 

 

The Honorable J.D. Vance 

Vice President of the United States 

The White House 

 

The Honorable John Thune 

Senate Majority Leader 

United States Senate 

 

The Honorable Mike Johnson 

Speaker of the House of Representatives 

United States House of Representatives 

 

Dear President Trump, Vice President Vance, Majority Leader Thune, and Speaker Johnson: 

Life is not only a historic pillar of the Republican Party, but the crux on which conservatism rests. It is not an issue which congressional Republicans can find “flexible.” Life is a winning issue, and prohibiting forced taxpayer funding of abortion is non-negotiable. 

Obamacare, a uniquely progressive approach, was enacted without a single Republican vote. With a sleight of hand appropriations maneuver, it evaded the protections of the Hyde Amendment and became the single largest expansion of taxpayer funding for abortion. 

The backlash was swift and severe, leading to a wave of pro-life legislators sweeping into Congress, elected by hard-working Americans who recognized the usurpation of their moral convictions. Moreso, it set the stage for an executive reckoning, paving the path for the “most pro-life President” in the history of the nation, Donald J. Trump, who has previously championed Hyde protections. 

Obamacare proved that coercing Americans to pay for abortions is a binary, line-in-the-sand issue for American voters across the aisle. If even one taxpayer dollar flows to abortion, it forces every American to be complicit in harming women and ending preborn life in the womb. Abandoning the most popular pro-life provision in history is a losing strategy, especially as we look toward the 2026 midterm elections. The history of Obamacare and subsequent electoral cycles proves that safeguarding our tax dollars from funding abortions, including painful late-term abortions, is a winning issue. 

As you consider how to address the challenges of creating an effective and efficient healthcare marketplace, you must do so in a way that honors and upholds American values. You must protect human life by applying Hyde Amendment principles. You must prohibit funding of elective abortions and plans that include abortion. 

The Hyde Amendment is at the core of protecting and supporting life. It has saved 2.64 million lives since its bipartisan enactment in 19761

Please stand with all Americans who do not want to be forced to pay for abortions. Americans elected a Republican trifecta in 2024, and Congress should not now scorn their widespread support by forcing Americans to fund abortion through a “flexibility” on Hyde. 

America can and should build a better healthcare system, but it must be built on a conservative foundation, ensuring life is systematically protected, not wantonly taken. America’s women and children are not chips to be bargained with in the halls of our nation’s capitol. 

For Life, 

John Mize 

CEO, Americans United for Life 

Ryan Anderson 

President, Ethics and Public Policy Center 

Marjorie Dannenfelser 

President, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America 

Craig DeRoche 

President & CEO, Family Policy Alliance 

Kristan Hawkins 

President, Students for Life Action 

Lila Rose 

Founder & President, Live Action 

Christina Francis, M.D. 

CEO, AAPLOG & AAPLOG Action 

Tony Perkins 

President, Family Research Council 

Roland Warren 

President & CEO, Care Net 

Jor-El Godsey 

President, Heartbeat International 

Tim Chapman 

President, Advancing American Freedom 

Melissa Ohden 

Founder & CEO, The Abortion Survivors Network 

Serrin M. Foster 

President, Feminists for Life of America 

Brandy Meeks 

President/CEO, Vitae Foundation 

Herbert M. Newell IV 

President & Executive Director, Lifeline Children’s Services 

Ryan Bomberger 

Co-Founder, Radiance Foundation 

Cecily Routman 

President, Jewish Pro-Life Foundation 

Fr. Shanen Boquet 

President, Human Life International 

Catherine Glenn Foster, M.A., J.D. 

President & CEO, First Rights Global 

Monica Snyder 

Executive Director, Secular Pro-Life 

Nelly Roach 

CEO, Choose Life 

Scott Baker 

Vice President of Public Affairs, Choose Life Coalition 

Karen Garnett 

Vice President of National Expansion, Cogency Strategic 

Brendan H. O’Connell 

President, Life Matters TV and Media, Inc. 

Bob Vander Plaats 

President/CEO, The FAMiLY Leader 

Louis Brown Jr., J.D. 

Executive Director, Christ Medicus Foundation 

Mathew D. Staver, Esq., B.C.S. 

Founder and Chairman, Liberty Counsel 

John Stemberger 

President, Liberty Counsel Action 

Jonathan M, Alexandre, Esq. 

Vice President of Government Affairs, Liberty Counsel Action 

Terry Schilling 

President, American Principles Project 

Austin Ruse 

President, Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) 

Cole Muzio 

President, Frontline Policy Council 

Alexandra Snyder 

CEO, Life Legal Defense Foundation 

Gerard Migeon 

Co-Founder & CEO, Natural Womanhood 

Maggie DeWitte 

Executive Director, Pulse Life Advocates 

Paul Smith 

Executive Director, Citizen Impact – USA 

Kris Ullman 

President, Eagle Forum 

Deborah Tilden 

Co-Founder, S.M.A.R.T. Women’s Healthcare 

Jennifer Nolan, Ph.D. 

Executive Director, Right to Life League 

Terrisa Bukovinac 

Founder & President, Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) 

O. Carter Snead 

Charles E. Rice Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame 

Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center 

Lauren Pope 

Executive Director, Rehumanize International 

Mark Lee Dickson 

Founder, Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative 

Director, Right to Life Across Texas 

Jerry Cox 

President, Family Council Arkansas 

Aaron Baer 

President, Center for Christian Virtue 

Nicole Theis 

President, Delaware Family Policy Council 

Jim Minnery 

President, Alaska Family Council 

Jonathan Keller 

President & CEO, California Family Council 

David Walls 

Executive Director, The Family Foundation (KY) 

Jason J. McGuire 

Executive Director, New York Families Action 

Steve Pettit 

President, Palmetto Family Council 

Joe Pojman, Ph.D. 

President, Texans for Life 

Eva Andrade 

President & CEO, Hawaii Family Forum 

Keith Flaugh 

CEO, Florida Citizens Alliance 

Thomas J. Shaheen 

Vice President for Policy, Pennsylvania Family Council 

Brittany M. Jones 

President, Kansas Family Voice 

Nathan Winters 

President & CEO, Wyoming Family Alliance 

Cathy Waterbury 

Executive Director, Confidential Care Mobile Ministry, Inc. 

River Sussman 

CEO, Obria Medical Clinics PNW 

Trevor Polo 

Executive Director, Protect Life Michigan 

Ryan McCann 

Executive Director, Indiana Family Institute 

Peter Wolfgang 

President, Family Institute of Connecticut Action 

Allan Wright 

Executive Director, New Jersey Family Policy Center 

Nate Grasz 

Executive Director, Nebraska Family Alliance 

Gene Mills 

President, Louisiana Family Forum 

Jeff Laszloffy 

President/CEO, Montana Family Foundation 

John Rustin 

President, North Carolina Family Policy Council 

Jeffrey S. Trimbath 

Founder & President, Maryland Family Institute 

Laura B. Strietmann 

Executive Director, Cincinnati Right to Life 

Blaine Conzatti 

President, Idaho Family Policy Center 

Myrna Maloney 

President & CEO, Massachusetts Citizens for Life 

Mary Taylor 

President, Pro-Life Utah 

Robin Sertell 

Chair, Montanans for Life 

Esther Ripplinger 

President & CEO, Human Life of Washington 

Shannon McGinley 

Executive Director, Cornerstone Action New Hampshire 

David Koontz 

Executive Director, Right of Life of North Central Indiana 

Amy Graening 

Executive Director, Right to Life of Northeast Ohio 

Eunie Smith 

President, Eagle Forum of Alabama 

1 New, Michael J. Hyde Saves Lives: Analyzing the Impact of the Hyde Amendment with 2025 Addendum – Lozier Institute, September 30. 2025. . Even today, a nearly 60% majority of Americans do not want their tax dollars to pay for abortion or abortion coverage.2

2 Marist Poll, 2023-kofc-marist-poll-cross-tabs.pdf, January 9, 2023. Hyde policies are applied extensively to federal programs and have been over the last nearly fifty years.