Rep. Smith Issues Commentary to Washington Examiner: 'Over 2 Million People are Alive Today Because of One Law - and Washington Wants to Kill It'
October 01, 2026
October 01, 2026
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following commentary on Sept. 30, 2026, to the Washington Examiner:
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'Over 2 million people are alive today because of one law -- and Washington wants to kill it'
Fifty years ago -- on Sept. 30, 1976 -- Congress first enacted an amendment offered by the late, great Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois to prohibit federal Medicaid funds from being used to subsidize the killing of unborn c . . .
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'Over 2 million people are alive today because of one law -- and Washington wants to kill it'
Fifty years ago -- on Sept. 30, 1976 -- Congress first enacted an amendment offered by the late, great Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois to prohibit federal Medicaid funds from being used to subsidize the killing of unborn c . . .