Rep. Chip Cravaack

Rep. Chip Cravaack is the Republican candidate in the House of Representatives race in Minnesota Congressional District 08. He is the incumbent.

Rep. Cravaack is anti-choice.

• Rep. Cravaack earned a 0-percent score in NARAL Pro-Choice America's 2011 Congressional Record on Choice.

• Voted twice to block Planned Parenthood from receiving any federal funds, which would have denied millions of Americans access to contraception, cancer screenings, and other basic medical care.

• Voted for H.R.3, a bill that would ban abortion coverage in state health-insurance exchanges; impose tax penalties on small businesses and many individuals who purchase private health plans that include abortion coverage; and make permanent several restrictions that block many women from accessing abortion care.

• Voted to allow hospitals to refuse to provide emergency abortion care to women who could die without it.

• Rep. Cravaack said,"I believe that life begins at conception and ends at natural death."

Candidate choice positions are determined by NARAL Pro-Choice America using current research. Choice positions are subject to change.