The National Right to Life Committee supported the ruling.[180][181] The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Southern Baptist Convention praised the ruling, with Catholic Archbishops José Horacio Gómez and William E. Lori, and Southern Baptist President Bart Barber, issuing statements for their organizations.[182] Numerous Catholic bishops also issued individual statements in support of the ruling, including Thomas Olmsted, Robert W. McElroy, Blase J. Cupich, Thomas Paprocki, Joseph Fred Naumann, James D. Conley, Joseph W. Tobin, Paul Stagg Coakley, Alexander Sample, and Wilton Daniel Gregory.[183]