They pressure lawmakers
SBA pushes lawmakers to vote for abortion bans by using scorecards and extreme litmus tests.
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Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA): The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Political Puppeteer Power Broker
The fringe, extremist anti-abortion group backed by dark money has played an outsized role in gutting reproductive freedom in the United States
Key Takeaways
- Who is Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA)? A fringe but powerful anti-abortion group attempting to roll back reproductive freedom nationwide.
- How does SBA operate? Disinformation, court cases, and pressure campaigns funded by dark money networks.
- Why does SBA matter? Their playbook targets abortion pills, ballot measures, telehealth care, IVF, and more—with the goal of banning abortion nationwide.
⚡️ TL; DR (too long, didn’t read):
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA) has been central in turning extreme anti-abortion beliefs into real-life laws that cause immense harm.
Despite being wildly out of step with voters, SBA has weaseled power, bankrolled by dark-money, to override the will of the 8 in 10 Americans who support the right to abortion.
SBA’s public playbook lays out a coordinated effort to ban abortion nationwide—attacking abortion pills, dismantling ballot measures, banning telehealth care, and rolling back federal rights and protections.
Thanks to their allies in the Trump administration and Congress, much of SBA’s efforts to dismantle reproductive freedom is underway.
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🔍 A Closer Look: Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America’s Anti-Abortion Playbook
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is the quiet force behind many of the most extreme attacks on abortion access today.
How they do it:
They lie
SBA spreads lies about abortion based on junk science.
They exploit the courts
SBA was instrumental in overturning Roe v. Wade.
They lead harmful campaigns
SBA leads pressure campaigns, for example they targeted pharmacies to block access to abortion pills.
They push for a nationwide abortion ban
SBA pushes federal agencies to strip reproductive freedom protections, restrict medication abortion, and impose policies that would amount to a nationwide ban.
They align with religious extremists and dark-money networks
This helps SBA amplify its power far beyond what the public actually wants or supports.
They undermine democracy
SBA pushes state officials to bypass voter-approved abortion rights while dismissing election losses as a result of “bought” or ad-influenced voters.
📝 Their Anti-Abortion Record: SBA’s Hall of Shame Scorecard
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Influence: 👎👎👎👎👎
SBA asserts outsized power across the courts and legislatures—helping pave the way for overturning Roe v. Wade and pressuring Republican lawmakers to advance state restrictions and attempts at national abortion bans despite broad public opposition.
Extremism: 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
SBA spreads abortion disinformation, backs criminalization and vigilante abortion laws, lobbies to block exceptions to total bans while targeting IVF and birth control, pressures lawmakers and Trump administration officials to undermine reproductive rights, and cheered when clinic harassers were pardoned.
Harm: 💔💔💔💔💔
Bans like the ones that SBA pushes have denied people emergency medical care, led to trauma and preventable deaths, and criminalized patients, providers, and helpers—creating fear, hardship, and confusion for doctors and families nationwide.
Lies & Disinformation: 🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥
Through its propaganda arm, SBA spreads junk science about abortion and medication abortion, misleads voters about ballot measures, and downplays the harmful, real-world consequences of bans.
👺 Notable Connections
President of SBA
Marjorie Dannenfelser
The “woman who killed Roe” has deep ties to anti-abortion, right-wing extremist networks. She started her career as an intern for The Heritage Foundation—the extreme right-wing group that authored Project 2025—and was later the chair of Trump’s anti-abortion coalition.
Extremist Christian Lobbying Group
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)
Dannenfelser served on the board of Alliance Defending Freedom, a legal organization—an extremist Christian lobbying group— challenging the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. SBA amplified medical disinformation regarding medication abortion care in the lead-up to the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA—the Supreme Court case that threatened access to the abortion pill nationwide.
Junk Science Peddler
Charlotte Lozier Institute
The so-called “research” arm of SBA that has a track record of spreading anti-abortion disinformation based on junk science.
Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas
SBA endorsed Republican Gov. Abbott who has signed some of the nation’s most punishing and extreme abortion bans into law, including Texas’ vigilante-style law SB 8 targeting abortion providers—measures championed by SBA—creating a blueprint anti-abortion lawmakers are now copying nationwide.
Supreme Court Justices Barrett, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch
SBA publicly championed and mobilized support for right-wing Trump-appointed Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch whose votes overturned Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
🚨 SBA’s Latest Hits on Reproductive Freedom
- Susan B. Anthony Foundation and other radical anti-abortion groups are pressuring lawmakers to ban mifepristone through legislation and other means
- SBA is misleading lawmakers about the Hyde Amendment to block ACA tax credits and advance its broader effort to restrict abortion nationwide.
- Women Speak Out PAC, the political arm of SBA, announced an $80 million spend in the 2026 midterm elections to retain anti-abortion lawmakers.
- Costco has refused to stock mifepristone in its 500 pharmacies nationwide after pressure from anti-abortion groups.
- Anti-abortion groups including Susan B. Anthony are planning on using attacks on mifepristone to sue abortion providers and shut down clinics.
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