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YOUR CONGRESSMAN, CHRIS SMITH'S VIOLENT ATTACK ON WOMEN

Redefining Rape is a VIOLENT ATTACK ON WOMEN  WE CANNOT ALLOW IT! WOMEN OF DISTRICT 4 - DID YOU KNOW YOUR CONGRESSMAN, CHRIS SMITH WANTS TO OUTLAW ROE V WADE? Congressman are our servants.  They job is to represent us their constituents in Washington DC and support laws thatspeak for us.  We elect them and we can un-elect them. While most of us have felt the fight for women's reproductive rights was won a long time ago and moved on, Chris Smith and hisextreme anti-choice coalition have been systematically chipping away at Roe v Wade and Birth Control.   http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/02/01/141757/dws-rape-language/ Below is Smith's Voting Record from 2000 until 2012  Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion. (May 2012)Voted NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (April 2005)Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save the mother's life. (Oct 2003)Voted YES on forbidding human for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)Voted YES on funding for health providers who DON'T provide abortion info. (Sept 2002)Voted YES on banning Family Planning Funding in the US aid abroad. (May 2001)Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)Rated 0% by NARAL indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance. (Dec 2006)Prohibit transporting of minors across state lines for abortion (Jan 2008)Sponsored bill barring federal funding for abortion. (May 2011)Prohibit federal funding to groups like Planned Parenthood (Jan 2011)No family planning assistance that includes abortion. (Jan 2013)Grant the pre-born equal protection under the 14th Amendment (Jan 2007)Declare pre-born persons under the 14th amendment

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