For the 23rd year in a row, the pro-abortion organization released its “Who Decides?” report on the “status of women’s reproductive rights in the United States.” The report doles out grades to state governments based on how friendly they have been to abortion practices.

Predictably, California received the top spot on the list, with an A+ grade. And despite all the ire abortion rights activists directed at the Texas legislature for passing a 20-week abortion ban in 2013, the Lone Star state only received the 37th spot — though still an F rating. The bottom place was nabbed by North Dakota, where legislators pushed for a 6-week abortion ban.

In all, 25 states enacted additional abortion restrictions in 2013, garnering them F grades. Why were these states able to enact such measures? Here were four excuses NARAL Pro-Choice America gave during its press conference on Tuesday — with helpful memes chosen by yours truly.

4. Abortion opponents were #boss at getting elected

“Opponents of legal abortion have become highly skilled at identifying the levers of power in states and in the federal level and placing their people there through elections and appointments.”

-Donna Crane, policy director

3. Pro-life politicians were too darn crafty

“…politicians stack the process or hide their agenda or obfuscate their intentions.”

-Donna Crane, policy director

2. Pro-life politicians used the ol’ bait and switch move

 “This backward momentum is delivered by anti-choice politicians who campaign on promises to address voters’ most pressing concerns, and once elected carry forward an agenda that the public neither expected nor elected them to pursue.”

-Erika West, political director

1. People didn’t know what they were voting for

“There are so many of them [abortion restrictions] — we simply can’t expect a person who is raising a family, has a job, going about their regular life to track 807 different restrictions. And those are just the ones that passed.”

 -Donna West, policy director