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Tell Virginia: Respect Choice License Plates Should Respect Choice
  1. Signatures
    274 out of 500
    Petitioning
    1. The Governor of VA
  2. Created By
    Alex DiBranco
    New York, NY
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Why This Is Important

Update: The funding has been restored to Planned Parenthood! Thanks to everybody who signed the petition and made this a reality. Now we need you to ask the governor to sign the bill to make it a reality.

Over 20 states have "Choose Life" license plates, which fund a variety of anti-choice organizations and crisis pregnancy centers that provide false information.

In Virginia, an alternative "Trust Women/Respect Choice" license plate bill has been proposed to provided funding for comprehensive reproductive health services for Planned Parenthood.

In an anti-choice twist, the House bill has taken the funds from Planned Parenthood and given them to a pregnancy support fund -- which isn't even a legitimate fund, existing only exists on paper.

The House and Senate bils now need to be reconciled, and the major difference is where the money is going.

Tell Virginia legislators to that "Trust Women/Respect Choice" license plates should fund an organization that actually trusts women and respects choice.

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Direct Respect Choice License Plate Funds to Planned Parenthood

Dear Governor McDonnell,

I'm writing to ask you to please sign the bill authorizing the sale of "Trust Women/Respect Choice" license plates.

This bill will allow people in the state of Virginia to purchase license plates that will provide funding to Planned Parenthood for reproductive health services for low-income men and women, including family planning and STD testing.

Virginia already offers "Choose Life" license plates. To veto the "Trust Women" license plates would be discriminatory and deny your constituency equal opportunity to espouse their views.

And, since Planned Parenthood has made it clear that none of these funds will be used toward abortion services, there is simply no excuse not to make this bill into law.

Please sign the bill into law today.

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