New Hampshire Right to Life thanks Sen. Bob Smith for his pro-life faithfulness!
Click here for the May 16, 2003 NHRTL Letter of Appreciation to Sen. Smith in Acrobat PDF
NHRTL remains endeared to former US Senator Bob Smith for his many many years of faithful courage for the mothers and unborn babies.   We appreciate his legislative initiatives listed below and implore current and future legislators to live up to his fine example. • The Right to Life Act was introduced to protect the right to life of each born and preborn human person in existence at fertilization. • Sen. Smith wrote the original Partial Birth Abortion Ban in 1996. This bill would ban a grossly inhumane procedure used late in pregnancy to end the life of a child in the process of being born. • Sen. Smith supported alternatives to embryonic stem cells for research and has supported legislation that would provide federal funding for research using adult stem cells only. • He passed an amendment which would encourage the National Institute of Mental Health to conduct a study on post abortion syndrome. The Senator also wrote to Sec. Thompson asking him to study post abortion syndrome and received a letter from him saying that he would be issuing grants this summer to study this issue.  Finally, he introduced S. 2271, the Post Abortion Support and Services Act of 2002, which is a bill to study the physical and emotional repercussions of abortion. • Sen. Smith offered an amendment in 1999 which called for greater disclosure for those organizations that buy, sell, and use fetal tissue for research.  He also passed an amendment that directed the GAO to investigate the federal government’s involvement with fetal tissue. • He introduced S. 1984 with Senator Jim Bunning, a bill to provide grants to health clinics so they can purchase ultrasound machines. When women see their unborn child on these machines, 90 % of them choose life. • He introduced S. Res. 209 which commended Secretary Tommy Thompson for his regulation allowing State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) benefits to be made available to unborn children and their mothers. • Sen. Smith cosponsored several important bills:         * The Child Custody Protection Act         * The Pain Relief Promotion Act         * Legislation to ban human cloning         * Legislation to increase adoption tax credits         * A bill to limit RU 486, the human pesticide Woefully, too many so-called "pro-life" politicians only "acknowledge" a pro-life perspective when pressed.   Sen. Bob Smith, thankfully, was pro-active and promoted pro-life values at most every chance and occasion.   Sen. Bob Smith endeavored to serve all the people of New Hampshire, both born and unborn, so we express our gratitude to him and his team of pro-life staff.                             -- NHRTL, November 2002	January 2003 marks the 30th anniversary of the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision which legalized well over 40 million deaths by surgical abortion in America ... and still counting every 20 seconds: Over 43 Million babies Get involved so no more children die and no more women cry:  life@nhrtl.org New Hampshire Right to Life is the largest, oldest, and most active NH pro-life organization standing in defense of ALL THE BABIES! NHRTL was founded to foster respect for human life from the moment of conception to natural death and to promote the right to life as the  paramount social issue through educational, legislative, political, and other forms of lawful activities.   New Hampshire Right to Life POBox 421 Merrimack NH  03054 603.626.7950 life@nhrtl.org

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