Oppose anti-life provisions in the president’s budget proposal.

a letter opposing anti-life provisions in President Biden’s FY2022 budget proposal

The source says Smith opposed provisions in the president’s budget that he viewed as anti-life.

Rep Smith gets A+ on pro-life scorecard - Friends of Chris Smith
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The FY2027 President's Budget says the administration will eliminate funding for programs that support abortion, including language that the new global health compacts would ensure no funding supports abortion and that some teen pregnancy prevention grants go to abortion clinics.

The president's budget proposal contains anti-abortion provisions that would have been the target of Smith's promised opposition, but this source does not show Smith taking that opposition action.

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budget_fy2027.pdf
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Rep. Chris Smith led 16 members of Congress in a June 11, 2026 letter urging EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to add mifepristone to the agency's Contaminant Candidate List 6.

This is concrete pro-life advocacy by Smith in the same term, but it is not a budget-proposal response and does not show whether he opposed any anti-life provisions in the president's budget.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Smith, Brecheen, Lankford lead letter to EPA Admin. Zeldin urging addition of chemical abortion drug mifepristone to list of contaminants in public water systems | U.S. Representative
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Christopher H. Smith as sponsor of H.R.7, introduced January 22, 2025. The CRS summary says the bill prohibits federal funds for abortions or health coverage that includes abortions and makes Hyde Amendment-type restrictions permanent across federal funds.

Smith took concrete same-term legislative action against federal abortion funding, but the bill is not framed as a response to a specific president's budget proposal.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.7 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Christopher H. Smith as sponsor of H.R.7, introduced January 9, 2023. The CRS summary says it would prohibit federal funds for abortions or abortion-covering health plans and make Hyde Amendment-type restrictions permanent.

In the prior congressional term, Smith also sponsored broad anti-abortion-funding legislation, showing a consistent effort to oppose federal abortion funding. It does not directly prove opposition to a particular president's budget proposal.

partial later_term A for effort

H.R.7 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2023
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The House-reported FY2025 Labor-HHS appropriations bill included sections barring funds for abortion, health benefits coverage that includes abortion, abortion-facilitation grants, and implementation of Biden reproductive-health executive orders.

This official bill text shows House Republicans advanced appropriations language opposing abortion-related spending associated with Biden administration policy, but it does not show a Smith vote or sponsorship on this appropriations bill.

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Text - H.R.9029 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
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The FY2025 Biden budget called for protecting access to abortion, including medication abortion, and requested family planning and reproductive health funding, including support connected to the United Nations Population Fund.

The FY2025 president's budget contained abortion-access and reproductive-health priorities that a pro-life pledge could reasonably target for opposition. This source establishes the target, not Smith's response.

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Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2025
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Executive Order 14182 states that federal taxpayer dollars should not be used to fund or promote elective abortion and revokes Biden executive orders 14076 and 14079.

The Trump administration adopted the anti-abortion-funding position Smith supported, reducing the relevance of opposing anti-life provisions in later Trump budget proposals. This is executive action, not Smith's own action.

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Federal Register: Executive Order 14182, Enforcing the Hyde Amendment
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The FY2027 Trump budget says new global health compacts would ensure no funding supports abortion and criticizes prior funding to Planned Parenthood, abortion clinics, and reproductive-health programs.

The current president's FY2027 budget, as of July 3, 2026, appears to contain anti-abortion provisions rather than pro-abortion provisions Smith would need to oppose. This leaves the exact promise unresolved for the current budget context.

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budget_fy2027.pdf
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Rep. Chris Smith led a June 11, 2026 letter urging EPA to add mifepristone to the Contaminant Candidate List 6, describing it as a chemical abortion drug and raising public-health concerns.

This is concrete same-term pro-life advocacy by Smith, but it is not connected to a president's budget proposal or budget provisions.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Smith, Brecheen, Lankford lead letter to EPA Admin. Zeldin urging addition of chemical abortion drug mifepristone to list of contaminants in public water systems | U.S. Representative
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