Massachusetts permits interest groups to use Commonwealth auto registration as a fund-raising and advocacy mechanism. As you know from an earlier post, "Massachusetts Choose Life says it is only 214 sign-ups away from getting the Registry of Massachusetts to begin offering "Choose Life" vanity plates..."
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Massachusetts Choose Life stated mission is to distribute funds raised, about $28 per plate, to agencies that provide material support to mothers who choose to carry their pregnancy to term and put the baby up for adoption, which by all accounts is a laudable mission.
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The unstated mission is to have autos in Massachusetts with official auto registration tags advocating "Choose Life" in the context of a nationwide debate over the right of a woman to make that choice about her own pregnancy within the boundaries defined by the Supreme Court.
In the vernacular "Choose Life" and "pro-life" mean anti-abortion rights. So the unstated mission, in fact the concealed mission, is to have advertising on automobile plates advocating against a woman's right to choose. The word "choose" is false and deceptive in this context because the group presents itself as a support group for pregnant women who make the choice to put their child up for adoption when in fact its unstated, and therefore concealed goal, is to advocate a legal remedy - to criminalize abortion rights that are currently legal.
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The "Choose Life" mission has not proceeded without legal challenge by groups that advocate for a woman's reproductive rights. From MA Choose Life Org FAQ:
What about lawsuits?
Three lawsuits were filed in Florida by the National Organization of Women (NOW), Planned Parenthood (PP), and the Committee for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP). All suits were lost or dismissed, although the dismissal is being appealed in two of them. One suit was filed in Louisiana, and it was dismissed. It was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and on December 2, 2002, the Court refused to hear any further appeal. One suit was filed in South Carolina. The plate was ruled unconstitutional at the first hearing. However, the merits are the same as the Louisiana plate, which also lost at its first hearing and was later ruled Constitutional. SC organizers are confident the SC case will be decided in favor of the plate at the 4th Circuit Level. Choose Life specialty plates were approved in Alabama, Hawaii, Oklahoma, and Mississippi, and went on the road without any suits being filed.
Please vote on your favorite tag or suggest your own design. One way to fight this deceptive tactic is to employ the same tactic but do it openly.
What is your best idea for a pro-woman's reproductive right's license plate design for Massachusetts? My idea is to use the same image of woman and child and change the slogan, as follows.
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This is a creative bunch, brainstorm in the comment section. I'd be glad to do the photoshopping and post a poll based on your ideas. Here are some ideas based on suggestions from the earlier thread.
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