Friday, March 27, 2009 It's official: "Choose Life" license plates will now be available to Missouri drivers. The court said the law regarding license plates is too vague to prohibit such a thing. Missouri joins Florida, Louisiana, Arizona and Mississippi in offering the license plate.
Court rules for "Choose Life" license plates
Posted: Thursday, 26 March 2009 1:09PM
KMOX - St. Louis, MO
Missouri must issue "Choose Life" license plates
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) __ A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that Missouri officials must issue license plates that read ``Choose Life.''
The Alliance Defense Fund sued in June 2006 on behalf of Choose Life of Missouri and the group's president.
The suit alleged lawmakers violated free speech, due process and equal protection rights by rejecting Choose Life's application for the specialty plate, while approving other proposals.
The plate was rejected after two abortion rights members of a state transportation committee objected.
U.S. District Judge Scott Wright last year ruled that the state law governing specialty plates was ``unconstitutionally vague and overbroad.''
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis on Thursday upheld Wright's decision.
Friday, March 27, 2009 
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