Sanctity of Life

What this measures

Does this candidate affirm full personhood from conception and oppose abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, and embryonic experimentation?

Why it matters

The line between civilization and barbarism is drawn at the womb. A regime that permits the deliberate killing of pre-born image-bearers (Genesis 1:27) has abdicated the first duty of righteous government (Romans 13:4). Every other category in this scorecard is downstream of this one — a candidate who cannot protect the unborn cannot be trusted with any lesser jurisdiction.

The 5 scored questions

Each question is binary (True / False / null). True earns +2 points. Null is "not yet verified from primary sources" — neither penalized nor credited. Use the toggle below to see the wording for federal, state, or local officials — the moral spirit is identical across tiers; what changes is the chair making the call. Read the tier architecture explainer →

1. Q1. Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
   Q1. Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
   Q1. Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
2. Q2. Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
   Q2. Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
   Q2. Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
3. Q3. Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
   Q3. Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
   Q3. Not scored at the local tier — federal/state-only question.
4. Q4. Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
   Q4. Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
   Q4. Not scored at the local tier — federal/state-only question.
5. Q5. Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
   Q5. Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
   Q5. Not scored at the local tier — federal/state-only question.

Key bills, votes, and laws we track

• Hyde Amendment — Annual rider banning federal funding of elective abortion. We track every vote since 1976.
• Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act — Requires medical care for infants who survive attempted abortion. Most recent votes 2019, 2023, 2025.
• Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act — 20-week federal abortion limit. Candidate support/opposition fully scored.
• Life at Conception Act — Federal legislative recognition of personhood from fertilization. Co-sponsors get full credit.

Organizations and PAC vectors we score

• Planned Parenthood Action Fund / NARAL — Donations or endorsements from these PACs zero out this category.
• National Right to Life — Endorsements and grading factored as positive evidence (verify by primary source — NRLC has softened on incrementalism).
• Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America — Endorsements and ratings factored as positive evidence.
• Operation Save America / Free the States — Abolitionist orgs whose endorsements indicate the strongest position.

Where this lives in the scorecard

This category contributes 10 of 60 in the ✝ God First tier (60 pts total) and 10 of 100 in the grand total. See the full scoring system for the 60/40 weighting rationale and the letter-grade scale (A 90+ / B 80 / C 70 / D 60 / F <60).