Pro-Choice Voter Guide: Iowa District 02
Rep. Dave Loebsack
Rep. Dave Loebsack (D) is pro-choice. He is the incumbent.
NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC has endorsed Rep. Loebsack.
Rep. Loebsack earned a 100-percent score in NARAL Pro-Choice America's 2011 Congressional Record on Choice.
Voted twice against the proposal 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 against 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 ensure that hospitals must provide emergency abortion care to women who could die without it.
On the 1998 Project Vote Smart: Iowa Congressional National Political Awareness Test, Loebsack wrote in "Abortions must remain safe, legal, and rare. A woman's right to choose must never be taken away. Roe v. Wade must never be overturned."
John Archer
John Archer (R) is anti-choice.
Archer states his anti-choice belief on his campaign website.
The Iowa Independent quoted Archer as saying "life begins at conception and ends when the creator takes you from this world."
Alan Aversa
Alan Aversa (I) has no known position on choice.
