“Choose State-Approved Two-Parent Adoption” license plates

We’ve written before about “Choose Life” license plates, which several states offer to benefit anti-choice groups. Well, it turns out Florida is raking in money from the “Choose Life” plates faster than they can spend it. Why, you ask?

Women can’t receive help from the program if they plan to parent their children. It was established strictly for women who plan to give their babies up for adoption and need financial help during the pregnancy.

Wow. So despite the fact that the number of single mothers is on the rise, the state of Florida is won’t use the “Choose Life” cash to help them out. These license plates should really say “Choose Adoption.”

Arnall said she’s frustrated by the amount of money that’s gone unused. With the economic downturn, hundreds of families are flooding her department for emergency help. What’s more, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows an uptick in teen mothers who are typically financially needy, but who often choose to parent their children, according to some local experts who work with young mothers.
“We don’t have enough women who want to place� children for adoption, said Becky Towner, the coordinator of Project Gabriel, a pregnancy counseling program at St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church in Fort Myers. The county contracts with Project Gabriel to administer the Choose Life money.

Wanna bet that at Project Gabriel “pregnancy counseling” equals “pressure to have a baby and give it up for adoption rather than parent it yourself”? Once again, “Choose Life” proves to be a total misnomer.