Abortion foes fail in bid for 'Choose Life' plate

SPRINGFIELD -- Those opposed to abortion won't have a chance anytime soon to buy "Choose Life" license plates for their vehicles now that the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to weigh in on the matter.

The nation's high court refused to hear a request from an anti-abortion group, Choose Life Illinois Inc., to force the state to issue "Choose Life" license plates.

The court left in place a federal appeals ruling that Illinois officials were within their rights in trying to keep viewpoints on abortion off Illinois license plates.

After gathering 25,000 signatures in support, the group pressed Secretary of State Jesse White to allow the creation of the anti-abortion-themed specialty license plate, following the lead of surrounding states with "Choose Life" plates.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1808473,CST-NWS-plates06.article

I thought choice was bad. :shrug:

but I can't imagine anybody going around with a "choose abortion!" license plate. It would be like saying "Choose gallbladder surgery!" lifesaving but something we'd like to avoid if possible.

It's just a bunch of fundies trying to guilt the rest of us into following their dogma.

After all, doesn't sodomy prevent abortion, too?

Or "choose chocolate" for we old broads who have to sublimate.

May they continue to fail.

They hardly need a government sanctioned method to get their bizarre point of view foisted onto the public.

K&R

Since the Supreme Court refused to hear the case the lower courts ruling stands so no effect to other states.

Good! Doesn't belong on IL's or any other state's license plates. Only wish there had been greater effort to keep that kind of message off of "surrounding" state's plates. What's next? "God Over Country" license plates?

RWs? Remember the dude from Wham! wore a Choose Life T-shirt in one of their videos. It was a big ol' Frankie Say Relax style shirt with big ol' 80s lettering.

Part of large print protest T-shirt line c.1984 by K.H., top U.K. Designer, recip. var. designer of the yr. awards, inventor of garment dying & "stone washed denim". Wore "58% DON'T WANT PERSHING" T-shirt when K.H. met with Margaret Thatcher c. 1985. I don't know if "CHOOSE LIFE" was anti-abortion or anti-war in orig. context.

I FUCK SHEEP

That was the summer of '85

I kick myself to this day for not buying it.

Google it n see

Aside from the obvious reason, I am also happy about this for another reason. Specialized license plates are a major peeve of mine. I do not understand the need to express one's political/religious beliefs, or display whatever school/sorority/fraternity/military branch/civic organization they belong to, favorite NASCAR driver, or whatever on one's car license plate. My state has roughly 100 different tags, including one for the Georgia Tech Foundation. I live in South Carolina. I do understand that many organizations earn money this way, but there has to be a better way of doing it. All these different tags have got to drive the police nuts! But, to SC's credit, one of those 100 tags is one for the Secular Humanist Society, which is in response to the "In God We Trust" tag:

:dunce:

But that's just me