he has introduced many pro-life bills, such as H.R. 18, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Full Disclosure Act; H.R. 1080; the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; H.R. 648, the Informed Consent Act; and H.R. 3542, the Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act
Advance pro-life legislation, including bills such as the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Full Disclosure Act, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, the Informed Consent Act, and the Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act.
Occurrences
Evidence
The official House homepage for Rep. Chris Smith features a March for Life 2026 item and, in the visible latest-news section, June 8-9, 2026 posts on USCIRF reauthorization, DHS funding, and labor contracts; no pro-life bill advancement is visible in those current updates.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Christopher H. Smith as sponsor of H.R.3, introduced 01/20/2011. The bill status is Passed House, with House passage on 05/04/2011 by recorded vote 251-175.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 292 on H.R.3, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, as Passed, 251 ayes to 175 noes. Smith (NJ), Republican, New Jersey, voted Aye.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Smith as sponsor of H.R.7, introduced 05/14/2013. The bill status is Passed House; it passed on 01/28/2014 by 227-188, with 1 present.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Smith as sponsor of H.R.7, introduced 01/21/2015. The bill status is Passed House; it passed on 01/22/2015 by recorded vote 242-179.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Smith as sponsor of H.R.7, introduced 01/13/2017. The bill status is Passed House; it passed on 01/24/2017 by recorded vote 238-183.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 65 on H.R.7 as Passed, 238 ayes to 183 noes. Smith (NJ), Republican, New Jersey, voted Aye.
Congress.gov's cosponsors page for H.R.36 lists Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] with date cosponsored 01/10/2017.
Congress.gov lists H.R.36 as Passed House. The action entry says the House passed it on 10/03/2017 by recorded vote 237-189.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 549 on H.R.36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, as Passed, 237 ayes to 189 noes. Smith (NJ) voted Aye.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Smith as sponsor of H.R.6131, introduced 09/22/2016. Latest action was referral to a Judiciary subcommittee on 10/11/2016, and the bill status was Introduced.
The H.R.6131 text states that Smith of New Jersey introduced the bill and that it would amend title 18 to prohibit human-animal chimeras.
Assessments
Smith materially advanced multiple named pro-life bills while serving in federal office. He sponsored No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion legislation that passed the House in 2011, 2014, 2015, and 2017, and cosponsored the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act that passed the House in 2017. Although the Human-Animal Chimera bill only reached introduction/referral, the promise was to advance pro-life legislation including examples, not necessarily enact every listed bill into law. The House passage of central named bills with Smith as sponsor/cosponsor satisfies delivery in-office.
Smith materially advanced several of the named pro-life measures himself. He sponsored H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which passed the House on May 4, 2011, and he later sponsored H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017, which passed the House on January 24, 2017. He was also listed as a cosponsor of H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which passed the House on October 3, 2017. The Human-Animal Chimera bill did not advance as far, and the recent 2026 official-site updates mostly show advocacy rather than fresh abortion-bill movement, but the promise was to advance pro-life legislation, not to enact every named bill. On that standard, his direct sponsorship and House passage of key named measures counts as delivery.