Judge tosses out lawsuit challenging Ohio "Choose Life" license plate

[Algorem]

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/news-19/1128677340306940.xml&storylist=cleveland

10/7/2005, 5:22 a.m. ET
The Associated Press

CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by abortion rights advocates challenging the constitutionality of an Ohio law authorizing the sale of specialty license plates with the anti-abortion message "Choose Life...

In January, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that said similar plates in South Carolina violated the First Amendment because abortion rights supporters weren't given a similar forum to express their beliefs.

The bill sponsored by Sen. Jim Jordan, an Urbana Republican, and signed into law Feb. 15 by Gov. Bob Taft allows motorists to pay an extra $30, with $20 going to nonprofit groups that counsel pregnant women intending to place their children for adoption.

The Republican-controlled Ohio House last year defeated a Democratic effort to include a "Pro-Choice" specialty plate.

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On the Net:

ACLU of Ohio: http://www.acluohio.org

NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio: http://www.naralohio.org

Ohio Right to Life: http://www.ohiolife.org

[Why Syzygy]

1. Well, choosing "life"

sounds like a good deal to me (although I am pro-choice reproductively). But we haven't seen a whole lot of that from George. Have we?

[MADem]

2. Now that is just....bullshit! nt

[China_cat]

3. That law for SC is why we are now

allowed to have an "In Reason We Trust" license plate to counter the "In God We Trust" ones.

We'll have one on our car next week.

[Ally McLesbian]

4. In Reason We Trust

Great... I would love to have one on my car too.

I am in California, where talks of issuing a Reagan license plate constantly comes up. I need something to counter that.