Judge Rules In Favor of Choose Life Tags

Posted on October 14, 2005

A federal judge in Ohio has thrown out a lawsuit aimed at blocking Ohio’s “Choose Life” license plates, one of many specialty plates that the state offers for an extra fee. Money raised by the “Choose Life” tags goes to groups that counsel pregnant women about adoption.

Ohio law prohibits funds generated by sales of the “Choose Life” tags to go to any group that provides, promotes, or refers women for abortion. NARAL Pro-Choice America, represented by the ACLU of Ohio, argued that in issuing the “Choose Life” plates, Ohio was engaging in “viewpoint discrimination” because the state has not approved a “Pro-Choice” plate.Source

Liberty Counsel is arguing on behalf of their clients that the Choose Life statute is a valid exercise of government speech. They contend that, just as Ohio can warn against the unhealthy consequences of smoking, the state is likewise entitled to make a value judgment favoring childbirth over abortion as the choice that is truly in the best interests of women and children.

Instead of trying to get their own plates, they are seeking to censor the free speech of those who wish to express a pro-life message. Similar lawsuits have taken place across the Country, and in most cases the ACLU have eventually lost. The pro-baby killers like to call theirself pro-choice. It seems to me they would better be labeled pro-abortion, since instead of taking the route of offering their view for people to “choose” from, they have taken the route to censor the other side of the “choice.”

This is a typical position of the ACLU. They don’t defend pro-life freedom of speech. As a matter of fact they often work to censor it, even advocating RICO lawsuits. This is just another example of their pro-death stance.

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2 Responses to “Judge Rules In Favor of Choose Life Tags”

Gribbit on October 14th, 2005 3:57 am

Here in Ohio, we have specialty tags for everything. You name it, there is a tag for it. This whole thing has been a tremendous waste of money. No wonder why the fee for a driver’s license has climbed from $11.50 in 2002 to $24.00 now. And that’s not to mention the fees for tags which have to be re-newed annually.

Waste, waste, waste…
gindy on October 14th, 2005 12:09 pm

“A federal judge in Ohio has thrown out a lawsuit aimed at blocking Ohio’s “Choose Life” license plates”

I assume that we can expect this one to be appealed by the ACLU.