Thursday, June 11, 2009

Choose Life

June 10th marks the 10th anniversary of the Choose Life specialty plates.  24 states have these plates available and have raised more than 10 million dollars in user fees.  Usually that money is used to fund crisis pregnancy centers.  This is terrific since crisis pregnancy centers receive no state or federal funding. 
Illinois, however, remains unable to buy Choose Life license plates.  This, in spite of 25,000 Illinois citizens who have signed petitions for the Choose Life plates.  If sold in Illinois, the money would have been used to fund Illinois adoption agencies.  These agencies would help children find life long homes and loving families.  These efforts in Illinois were defeated in the legislature, even though there are many other specialty plates that are routinely approved.  

When the Illinois Choose Life petitions were submitted and a bill was introduced in the Illinois General Assembly and placed in a subcommittee, guess who the chairman was of the subcommittee?  You guessed it - State Senator Barack Obama.  The bill died without a hearing.

Even as a state senator you can see Obama is totally committed to the abortion movement.  He would not even allow a license plate with a positive message that would fund adoption, a viable and beautiful option to abortion.  With this history, why should anyone believe that he supports fewer abortions. 

The Thomas Moore Society filed a petition in April asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review and revise the specialty plate in Illinois.  More to come.

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