stopping hard-earned tax dollars from paying for abortion, whether domestically or internationally
Continue to oppose abortion funding and support legislation and amendments that prevent federal taxpayer dollars from paying for abortion.
Occurrences
Evidence
The official homepage's latest-news feed shows items dated June 9, 2026, and June 8, 2026; the visible recent entries are about USCIRF, DHS funding, and labor contracts, with no abortion-funding action shown in the June 10-12 lookback window.
In his January 23, 2026 March for Life remarks, Smith identified himself as co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, said the injustice of abortion need not be forever, and praised the Mexico City policy for blocking U.S. support to NGOs that promote or perform abortion.
Congress.gov lists H.R.7 in the 119th Congress with Rep. Christopher H. Smith of New Jersey as sponsor, introduced January 22, 2025, and referred to House committees.
The H.R.7 text would prohibit federal funds from being spent on abortions and on health benefits coverage that includes abortion, with listed exceptions.
The Clerk records Roll Call 145 on H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Act, as passed 215-214 on May 22, 2025; Smith of New Jersey voted Yea.
The public-law text bars certain federal Medicaid direct-spending payments for one year to defined prohibited entities that provide abortions, except for rape, incest, or life-of-the-mother circumstances.
The Clerk records Roll Call 190 on the House motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R.1 as passed 218-214 on July 3, 2025; Smith of New Jersey voted Aye.
Congress.gov shows H.R.1 passed the House on May 22, 2025, the House agreed to the Senate amendment on July 3, 2025, and it became Public Law No. 119-21 on July 4, 2025.
Smith's official remarks identify him as Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus and praise the Mexico City Policy for conditioning foreign aid so it does not support NGOs that promote or perform abortion.
Smith's official caucus page lists the Pro-Life Caucus among the congressional caucuses he serves as co-chair as of April 3, 2026, in the 119th Congress.
Assessments
Smith directly supported the promised policy in the current federal term by sponsoring H.R.7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025, which would bar federal abortion funding and abortion-covering health benefits with exceptions. He also voted for H.R.1 in 2025, which became Public Law 119-21 and included a one-year federal Medicaid payment restriction for certain abortion-providing entities. Because the claim was to continue opposing abortion funding and support legislation or amendments preventing federal taxpayer abortion funding, these sponsorship and voting actions satisfy the promise in the same House term.
Smith’s current official record supports the promise: he remains publicly committed to opposing abortion funding, and his January 2026 March for Life remarks as co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus explicitly praised policies that block federal support for abortion-related activity. The recent official feed shows ongoing activity but no evidence of any reversal or contrary action in the lookback window.