New Jersey Women Respond to Chris Smith's HR7 Bill

District 4 Coalition for Change:


New Jersey women respond to Congressman Chris Smith's extreme anti woman Bill, HR7.
The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act

It takes a movement to flip a district. We have a movement.

Smith's Anti Choice Legislation written into Permanent Law?

By District 4 Coalition For Change

Smith Introduces and co-sponsors one of the largest Pro - Life  efforts in Congress.

In a letter to his colleagues asking them to become an original co-sponsor of the legislation, Congressman Smith writes:

“For over 30 years, a patchwork of policies has regulated federal funding for abortion. Together these various policies ensure that the American taxpayer is not involved in funding the destruction of innocent human life through abortion on demand.”

Smith's No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act attempts to write anti choice legislation into permanent law

The reason this legislation is needed goes beyond the recent health care law. As Congressman Smith states:

“Most of the existing federal policies are limitation amendments attached to annual appropriations bills (sometimes referred to as riders), which have to be reapproved every year. This ‘as needed’ approach usually results in a debate over abortion funding anytime Congress considers health-related legislation.”

This new legislation establishes a consistent government-wide prohibition on abortion funding. Under current law, funding for abortion and abortion coverage is prohibited through a patchwork of policies, most of which must be annually reapproved in Appropriations bills. The “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” will reduce the need for numerous separate abortion funding policies and ensure that no program or agency is exempt.

Policies that would be made permanent under Congressman Smith’s legislation include:

• Hyde amendment (related to programs funded through the annual Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appropriations)
• Helms amendment (concerning overseas programs)
• Smith FEHBP amendment (concerning coverage for federal employees)
• Dornan amendment (regarding funding in Washington DC)
• Other policies governing programs such as the Peace Corp and federal prisons.
• Codifies the conscience clause known as Hyde-Weldon.

http://www.catholicadvocate.com/2010/08/seeking-to-settle-taxpayer-funded-abortion-
once-and-for-all/

Last January 2014, Congress passed Smith's Bill The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. The Senate would not vote on it.

The New GOP Congress will be voting on the NO TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR ABORTION ACT.
The President should VETO it but... the Veto is the ONLY thing that prevents this Bill from becoming PERMANENT LAW.

Our Congressman, Chris Smith, leads Congress in the most egregious anti woman, anti choice legislation. It is up to us to stop him.

#stopchrissmith

Congressman Chris Smith's Opposition to Birth Control Is A Driving Force Behind “Life Begins At Fertilization” Bills

District 4 Coalition for Change -

We have two years to make sure every single person that cares about Women's Rights and Healthcare in Congressional D4 NJ is aware of Smith's Extremism. We will not lose again!

Chris Smith, Chairman Of The House Pro-Life Caucus, Argued That Common Forms Of Birth Control That Prevent Implantation Result In “Many Abortions.” According to the Congressional Record, Smith stated:

 “Mr. Chairman, due to the lateness of the hour, I do not intend on taking the full 5 minutes. Let me make it very clear that part of the problem with the Lowey amendment was that it did not define contraception. Many of us have been concerned that the pro-abortion lobby and the pro-abortion organizations over the years have tried to fudge the line of demarcation between fertilization post- and pre-fertilization. Many of the chemicals, many of the devices that are now employed that are permitted under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program do indeed result in many abortions, newly created human lives that are not permitted to implant in their mother’s womb. In a nutshell, my amendment is designed to clarify that if we are indeed going to force all of the Federal providers of medical care, the HMOs and all the providers as a condition of receiving reimbursement for all of their prescriptions, whether it be for penicillin or any other drug, that they have, to provide “a provision for contraceptive coverage”, let us at least make it clear that the gentle lady’s language excludes abortion-inducing chemicals. That is what my amendment very simply seeks to do.” [144 Cong Rec H 5951, 7/20/98]

See full article http://americanbridgepac.org/bridge-briefing-cuccinelli-personhood-birth-control/

More Personhood Information:
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/05/1342117/-Personhood-now-has-a-0-5-win-loss-record-in-elections?detail=email

Watch Joan Jett Get Out The Vote For Women's Rights!

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This is it: the final sprint to Election Day. If you care about women's rights, then you've got to care about this midterm election. And we can win this fight at the ballot box, if women, and the men who stand with us, show up. When women vote, women win!

Now, watch, share, and rock on with this music video by Joan Jett to #GetOutTheVote for #WomensRights

In 2013, there were more laws passed to limit women’s reproductive rights than in the entire previous DECADE.

Many of us may have access to good health care, but our experience being a woman – and our rights – shouldn’t depend on our zip code. Our sisters in Texas, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Ohio, Arkansas, and so many other states don’t have what we have. The most regressive, anti­-woman, anti­-voting, anti-equality laws are being passed on the state level. This is why the MIDTERMS are so important.

The midterm elections on Tuesday, November 4th, are just as important as the Presidential elections. Need a reason to go vote? Check out these terrifying facts:

• 29 States in America allow a rapist to sue a women for custody and/or visitation of the child birthed from that rape.
• 87% of all US Counties have no abortion provider.
• 35%of American women will have an abortion by the age o f45.
• In 35% states, Medicaid recipients do not have abortion coverage.
• In 13 states a pharmacist can legally refuse to disperse birth control, even if you have a prescription.
• 26 states have waiting periods for abortion; only 11 have waiting periods for guns.
• in 17 State the government forces women to go to counseling before she can have an abortion.
• In 32 State terminally ill women are forced to carry a pregnancy to term, regardless of her wishes or her living will.
• More than 50 abortion clinics were shut down by unnecessary laws from 2010­-2013. Not including the dozens that were shut in Texas in the last month.

(For a state by state list of anti­-women/anti-equality laws go to the nifty state-by-state map at ladypartsjustice.com)

Power To The Peaceful and The Proactive!

Middletown Congressman, Chris Smith, Redefines Rape To Prevent Victims From Seeking A Abortion If Impregnated By The Attack

by District 4 Coalition For Change

ATTENTION TO ALL WOMEN - THIS IS RECKLESS AND DANGEROUS FOR ALL WOMEN AND EMPOWERS RAPISTS.

Congressman Smith redefines RAPE in House Bill HR3 to prevent victims from seeking an abortion. To add insult to injury - He voted against the Violence Against Womens Act.

A bill redefining Rape to prevent abortions is ‘A Violent Act Against Women’ So if you get raped, make sure he beats you bloody and breaks your nose and maybe cuts your throat, just so you can prove to some people that it really WAS "rape-rape".

If he kills you, I guess that's a bonus, because you certainly won't need an abortion then.

**ALL INFORMATION CAN BE FACT CHECKED