A new bill was introduced in Congress last month — HR 3 — that seeks to prohibit federal funding of abortion. Whether or not you are in favor of it, there is one word that is extremely troubling. The sponsor, Chris Smith, R-NJ, added the word “forcible” in front of rape, meaning that he wants the law to state that only when forcibly raped can a woman use federal funds to obtain an abortion. This could possibly eliminate incest, date rape, being drugged and raped, and a host of other scenarios. House Republicans have said they are removing the word “forcible” from the bill, but to date the text remains. Please call your Congress representative today to advocate removal of that word from the bill!
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