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ATTENTION ALL WOMEN - YOUR CONGRESSMAN, CHRIS SMITH, REDEFINES RAPE - ACCORDING TO SMITH, NO IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH

ATTENTION ALL WOMEN - REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT AND DEMOCRATS.   CONGRESSMAN CHRIS SMITH, YOUR CONGRESSMAN, REDEFINES RAPE.   CONGRESSMAN CHRIS SMITH SPONSORED LEGISLATION THAT CHANGES THE LANGUAGE OF RAPE TO FORCIBLE RAPE.  EMPOWERING RAPISTS AND LEAVING WOMEN HELPLESS.   If you are a victim of rape, no means absolutely nothing. At least that will be the case if H.R. 3, a bill sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), is passed.   

H.R. 3, is called the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act, but it actually seeks to ban abortions in all but a very few instances including when the pregnant female was the subject of an act of “forcible rape.” Most of us blessed with female reproductive organs, and yes, brains, know that all rape is forcible rape. (An exception is Whoopi Goldberg who has her own definition of “rape rape.”) In writing the bill, Rep. Smith and his co-sponsors fail to define  ”forcible rape,” opening the door for a very scary interpretation of the could-be law. And they harm every victim of sexual assault past, present and future by supporting the idea that if there are no cuts and bruises, there is no rape.

 

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http://helloladies.com/2011/02/act-now-congress-introduces-harmful-hr3-legislation/

 CONGRESSMAN SMITH IS YOUR CONGRESSMAN.  HE ALSO VOTED AGAINST THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENS ACT IN 2013.SMITH'S ACTIONS AGAINST WOMEN ARE RECKLESS AND DANGEROUS.  TELL CHRIS SMITH TO STOP HIS WAR AGAINST WOMEN.

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