Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Lobbies for Abortion Restrictions

The filing is in-house, with no outside firms listed. Seven lobbyists are named:

• Marjorie Dannenfelser, president.
• Marilyn Musgrave, vice president of government affairs.
• Billy Valentine, vice president of political affairs, with prior government experience listed.
• Autumn Christensen, senior policy adviser, with prior House staff experience listed.
• Jamie Dangers, federal affairs director, with prior government experience listed.
• Gwen Charles, legislative assistant, with prior government experience listed.
• Jeremy Pilz, legislative assistant.

Katie Daniel, who appeared on filings from the second quarter of 2025 through the first quarter of the current year, is not listed on the third-quarter report.

Broader Context

H.R. 7 and S. 186

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced H.R. 7 on Jan. 22, 2025. The bill was referred to the House Energy and Commerce, Judiciary, and Ways and Means committees and has 127 cosponsors, according to the supplied legislative record.

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced S. 186 the same day. The Senate Finance Committee referred the legislation, where it remains in the supplied record.

Musgrave has argued that the legislation would extend Hyde Amendment principles throughout the federal government, including restrictions on abortion-related subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. March for Life Action President Jeanne F. Mancini described the legislation as supporting "life-saving, pro-women, and pro-family policies."

H.R. 8784 and the SACRED Act

H.R. 8784, introduced May 13 by Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL), would require Medicare-funded hospitals to notify parents within six hours of a miscarriage or stillbirth about their options for handling fetal remains. The measure would also permit lawsuits over noncompliance and remains in committee, according to the supplied legislative information.

H.R. 8239, identified as the SACRED Act in the supplied research, is also among the measures referenced, although its official bill title and provisions have not been independently confirmed.

Shield laws and administration actions

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America has publicly characterized shield laws, which can protect abortion providers from certain out-of-state investigations and enforcement actions, as "pro-abortion."

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) led Louisiana's Republican congressional delegation in a May amicus brief supporting the state's challenge to Food and Drug Administration regulations governing mifepristone. Dannenfelser endorsed the brief.

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) led a Senate floor effort on June 25 seeking unanimous consent to advance several abortion-related bills.

The Bottom Line

H.R. 7 and S. 186 remain at the committee stage in the supplied legislative record, with H.R. 7 referred to the House Energy and Commerce, Judiciary and Ways and Means committees and S. 186 referred to the Senate Finance Committee. Committee consideration or other legislative action would mark the next change in their status.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America's reported lobbying expenditures peaked at $490,000 in the second quarter of 2025, the highest of the six reported quarters. Its disclosed lobbying roster declined from eight individuals in the first quarter of the current year to seven in the second quarter, with seven remaining on the third-quarter filing.

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