[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

Chris Smith, who is otherwise no conservative, has always been VERY pro-life and for years was a bit of an oddity in NJ, as ALL the other Republicans elected from that state were pro-abortion until Scott Garrett came along.

I believe Mike Ferguson of NJ-7 was also pro-life. He was elected in 2000 and served until he retired in 2008.

[AuH2ORepublican]

Yes, Ferguson was a pro-life congressman. And so were Jim Sexton and Frank LoBiondo, who each served for over a decade (in the latter’s case, for over two decades) alongside Smith starting in the early-to-mid 1990s. South Jersey Republicans have tended to be pro-life, and so have nany of those from Central Jersey. What made Garrett an aberration was that he was elected to Congress as a pro-life Republican from North Jersey.