Great news, Gov. Kaine signed the CHOOSE LIFE license bill that was passed by the House and Senate. A BIG Thanks to Senator Ken Cuccinelli for sponsoring that bill.
Below is more information on the bill.
Also, be aware that Gov. Kaine vetoed a LOT of 2nd amendment bills, as well. I urge you to contact your delegate and senator and ask them to OVERRIDE the Kaine Vetoes in the upcoming April session. More details below
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Email from Victoria Cobb, Family Foundation:
Governor Tim Kaine today signed into law legislation that provides for the creation of a “Choose Life” license plate!
Thank you to everyone who contacted the Governor and urged his support of this bill! Thanks also to
Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-37, Fairfax) for his tremendous leadership in maneuvering this bill through the General Assembly (If you’d like to thank Senator Cuccinelli, see the action at the bottom of this alert).
Since the fall of last year, pro-life Virginians through several organizations have rallied around the Choose Life plate, acquiring pre-paid applications required by DMV to be able to get the plates created, petition signatures and grassroots support. While Senator Cuccinelli’s original bill was killed in a Senate committee, he deftly amended an
omnibus license plate bill on the Senate floor with the Choose Life plate, winning by a single vote (
20-19).
Proceeds from the purchase of the plates will go to support pregnancy resource centers. These facilities offer medical, spiritual and physical support to women and families in crisis pregnancy.
Despite an all out assault by Planned Parenthood, NARAL Virginia and the ACLU, the Governor chose to dismiss the fallacious arguments of opponents and signed the bill into law.
These plates serve as an opportunity for both sides of the abortion discussion to come together and find common ground. As I told the media today, while all Virginians do not share the same understanding about exactly how public policy should address matters of abortion, many share compassion for the women and men whose lives are affected by an unplanned pregnancy. We know that those individuals need emotional support and tangible needs met.
In a letter I sent to Governor Kaine earlier this month, I reminded him that the Choose Life plate will provide private sector funding, not tax dollars, to organizations that support families caught in crisis situations. These entities provide STD testing, pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, counseling, classes on career-building, decision- making, parenting and relationship-building and information regarding abortion, adoption and parenting to help women make informed decisions. All of these services are free to clients. These entities reduce the number of women who appear at the doorstep of our tax dollar-funded state and local health centers. Contrary to the allegations of opponents to these plates, many of these centers that would receive funding are in medical facilities and are regulated as such. In many cases they are more rigidly regulated than abortion centers.
ACTION: Please send an email to Senator Cuccinelli by clicking the link below and thank him for his leadership on this issue!
**Click the link below to log in and send your message:
http://www.votervoice.net/link/target/vaff30813386.aspx \
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Email from VCDL, Virginia's pro-2nd amendment group, regarding the veto
Time is short - you need to contact your Senator and Delegate and ask them to override all of the vetoes on gun bills this year.
As usual, we have made this super simple. Click on the links below to send a pre-written message to YOUR Senator and YOUR Delegate. The computer will figure out who your Senator and Delegate are based on your address and your Zip+4.
**The veto override session is on April 8th, so we need to get cracking on this NOW!**
To email your Senator, click here:
http://www2.vcdl.org/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/vcdl/reflector.html?REF=MySenator&PRE=09-SenOverRideor here:
http://tinyurl.com/d3ozr9-
To email your Delegate, click here:
http://www2.vcdl.org/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/vcdl/reflector.html?REF=MyDelegate&PRE=09-SenOverRideor here:
http://tinyurl.com/c3hzln-
Let's roll - we can do this!
Resources:
Family Foundation BlogVirginia Citizens Defense League
