NC Pro-Life Democrats
Statement on the Status of the North Carolina Choose Life License Plate
“As the long session of the 2009-2010 General Assembly comes to a close one can only surmise that horses, bees and volleyball mean more to the House of Representatives than the 85 pregnancy care centers that provide compassionate and critical aid to pregnant women and their children. Those are among the license plates that the House has agreed to hear while the Choose Life License Plate is still blockaded by the Democratic leadership in the Rules, Calendar and Operations of the House Committee. While the Choose Life License Plate is not even being allowed to enter the Transportation Committee, the House has considered 33 special license plate bills with only five still remaining in the Transportation Committee. The Senate has either co-sponsored or initiated 26 special license plates including one for native brook trout. The General Assembly has presented bills for 50 new license plates and only one, the Choose Life license plate has been denied a democratic vote for the eigth consecutive year.
Pro-Life Democrats are extremely disappointed in our democratic leadership which has failed to treat the choose life plate fairly thereby preventing the flow of critical dollars to pregnancy care centers. We are the last state left in the Southeast to prevent our citizens from purchasing this voluntary plate.”
North Carolina Pro-Life Democrats Board of Directors
www.northcarolina.democratsforlife.org
