Pro-Choice Voter Guide: Wisconsin District 05
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R) is anti-choice. He is the incumbent.
Rep. Sensenbrenner 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 exhanges; impose tax penalties on small businesses and many individuals who purchase private health plans that include abortion coverage; and make permanent 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. Sensenbrenner received a 100-percent rating from the National Right to Life Committee in 2011.
On his congressional website, Rep. Sensenbrenner writes: "I will continue to fight for the rights of the unborn."
Dave Heaster
Dave Heaster (D) is presumed to be pro-choice.


