Official Tennessee "Choose
Life" License Plate
UPDATE – October 31, 2009
Choose Life specialty
license plate moves up to the 7th top selling specialty plate in
Tennessee!
UPDATE – July 31, 2009
The Choose Life
license plate continues to remain in the top 10 of specialty license plate
sales. Selling 7,966 plates for Tennessee
fiscal year ended June
30, 2009 and raising over $124,400
for life affirming agencies in Tennessee. 19,467 plates have sold since December of
2006 raising over $304,000!
UPDATE – October 15, 2008
The Choose
Life license plate made
it to the top 10! It’s now the 9th
best selling specialty plate in Tennessee.
UPDATE – July
15, 2008
The Choose Life license plate is the 11th
best selling specialty license plate in Tennessee. Selling 7,212 plates for Tennessee
fiscal year ended June 30, 2008
and raising over $112,000 for life affirming agencies in Tennessee.
UPDATE – July 15, 2007
Choose Life license plates off to a great
start, selling 4,289 plates in first 7 months of production and raising
over $66,000 for life affirming agencies in Tennessee.
“Pro-Life
Tennesseans owe a debt of gratitude to legislative sponsors of the new Choose
Life plate,”
said Brian Harris,
president of Tennessee Right to Life. “State
Representative Glen Casada
and former state Senator Jim Bryson led the battle through good times and
bad to see life affirmed and resources provided to those
who
would help women and families facing difficult pregnancies …Our brave
sponsors never gave up and
neither
should we,” said Harris.
It’s Official!
Tennessee’s Choose Life Plates Hit the Road
After legislative battles, the required
pre-sell and a long court fight against the ACLU and Planned Parenthood,
pro-life Tennesseans have succeeded in making the Choose
Life specialty plate a reality in our
state!
Proceeds from the plates will benefit social
service providers throughout Tennessee who
offer tangible support and assistance to women and families facing
difficult or unexpected pregnancies.
The Choose Life specialty license plate
costs an additional $35.00 each time you renew or purchase vehicle license.
$15.38 of this fee is returned to New Life Resources, Inc. A pro-life non-profit 501 c3 organization
in Nashville responsible for
disbursing the funds.
Following a long struggle to pass and defend
the life-affirming specialty plate, pro-life Tennesseans have reason to
rejoice having met each challenge with focus and determination which
ultimately resulted in victory.
· Following
vehement committee opposition from pro-abortion legislators, the plate
passed 26-4 in the state Senate and 80-14 in the state House.
Pro-life supporters across the state overwhelmed pro-abortion legislators
with calls and emails demanding fair treatment for the Choose
Life plate.
· Pro-Life
Tennesseans again demonstrated broad support for the plate and completed
the required pre-sell of 1,000 plates faster than any other specialty
plate. 1,265 plates were reserved in just 6 months including drivers
from every one of Tennessee’s
95 counties!
· Following
passage, Tennessee Right to Life
committed to do everything possible to defend the plate. As a result,
TRL assisted in obtaining high profile legal counsel and assisting sister
non-profit organization, New Life Resources, in becoming recognized as an
‘intervening defendant’ in the pro-abortion lawsuit against the state and
the Choose Life
plate.
· In
2004, pro-abortion U.S. District Court Judge Todd Campbell struck down the
plate as violating Freedom of Speech. Though pro-abortion Governor
Bredesen refused to allow the Attorney General or state resources to defend
the plate, New Life Resources successfully appealed the wrong decision to
the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
In March of 2006, the Appeals
Court agreed that the plate is
constitutional.
· More
than 12,000 promotional Choose Life
‘front plates’ are sold across the state to assist in underwriting legal
defense of the plate.
· ACLU
of Tennessee
appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court which refuses in June of 2006 to take up
the challenge, thereby allowing for the production and distribution of the
plate.
Now the challenge to pro-life Tennesseans is to
make the Choose Life
plate one of the best selling in order to demonstrate our commitment to
raising awareness, protecting life and targeting resources to agencies
which help women and families to choose life!
For
more information on obtaining your Choose
Life plate, call our statewide
toll free hotline:
1-877
CHOOSE LIFE
(1-877-246-6735) or info@newliferesources.org
Choose Life – It Happened!
That’s right, we can now save lives, help women avoid the heartbreak of
abortion, and help adoptive families have babies to adopt in Tennessee.
How can you help? By purchasing an official state-issued Choose
Life specialty license plate you show support for life
while also generating funds to promote and assist women to choose adoption.
What’s the cost? The Choose Life
specialty license will cost an additional $35 per year, every year, $15.38
of which goes to promote the pro-life message through advertising, adoption
coalitions and direct support to life affirming agencies across Tennessee.
How do you get one for your car? You can obtain one by visiting
your county clerk’s office now or when your current license plate
expires. Click here
for a listing of county clerk’s offices.
Click
here for more information about Tennessee
specialty license plates.
Who gets the money? Current partner agencies receiving proceeds
each quarter include: AAA Women’s Services (Chattanooga), Abortion
Alternatives and Women’s Center (Elizabethton), Agape House
(Martin), Bethany Christian Services
(Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis), Birth Choice Pregnancy Resource Clinic (Jackson),
Birthright of Memphis, Care Net Pregnancy Services (Dickson),
Choices Resource Center (Oak Ridge), Choose Life of Northern
Alabama (Huntsville), Confidential
Care for Women (Covington)*, First
Choice Pregnancy Counseling Center (Shelbyville), Full Circle
Women’s Center (Athens), Grace Pregnancy Resource Center
(Nashville), Hope Clinic (Nashville), Hope Pregnancy Center
(Clarksville), Hope Resource Center
(Knoxville)*, In His Image Pregnancy
Center (Martin), Life Choices of Dyersburg, Life Choices of Memphis, Life Outreach Center
(Jeffersonville), New Hope Pregnancy Center (Cleveland), Plateau
Pregnancy Services (Crossville), Pregnancy
Care Center (Old Hickory)*, Pregnancy
Center of Columbia, Pregnancy Resource Center (Maryville), Pregnancy
Support Center (Murfreesboro), Tomorrow’s Hope Pregnancy Center
(Paris), Women’s Care Center (Dayton). *Application approved will begin
receiving proceeds, 3rd quarter 2009
Who is New Life Resources? Affiliated as a benevolent outreach of Tennessee Right to Life, New Life Resources is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization incorporated in 1995 to proved direct resources for
women and families facing default or unexpected pregnancies.
How can life affirming agencies apply for funds? Participating
agencies must complete and return an application to New Life Resources
signifying agreement with core principles and acceptance of criteria.
Funds are meant to provide support for the expansion of outreach
efforts rather than to underwrite existing programs. New Life
Resources additionally requests agency assistance and participation in
promotion of Tennessee’s Choose
Life specialty license plate program through use of the
plate image and information in agency publications, events, websites and
mailings. Click
here to request an application by email.
How can I promote the Choose Life plate in my community? New Life Resources and Tennessee
Right to Life have developed posters, flyers and bulletin
inserts with the plate image and information about the program. Click
here to request information or materials.
For questions, call 877-CHOOSE LIFE
(246-6735)
CANNOT PURCHASE AN OFFICIAL
CHOOSE LIFE PLATE...
Click here to order a front
bumper promotional Choose Life plate.
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