Legislation strongly supported by abortion rights opponents - authorizing customized license plates in Texas that feature the phrase "Choose Life" - was tentatively approved by the Senate Thursday. The bill by Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, was advanced on a 22-9 vote, with eight Democrats and one Republican voting no.
Carona said his main objective is to promote adoption in Texas and provide a source of funding for organizations that assist pregnant women who wish to put their babies up for adoption. "Texas has been missing an opportunity to promote awareness of adoption," Carona said, noting that 19 other states have an optional "Choose Life" license plate. Carona and his wife have adopted two children. The Texas Alliance for Life and Texas Catholic Conference are among the groups that back the bill.
In my opinion, no one in the right state of mind should like abortion. What that says, if this was an adoption issue, then the plates should have read "CHOOSE ADOPTION", which I and many other people out there would have been fine with. But if we want to talk about abortion, let's go to the source of the problem of Texas stance on sex education...The fact that Texas has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancies. They need to find a better way to educate people about the issue of abortion, then why not encourage adoption. I mean for gods sake we have plenty of kids in foster care as it is.
What a waste of taxpayers resources with the route that they have chosen. The last time I checked we were a secular nation, so why is the clergy evangelists making our decisions. Since when did we give them enough power to make up our minds?! Because this is a sample of there work or rather graffiti coming out of our government.
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