{"id":48347,"date":"2014-04-07T23:17:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T03:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=48347"},"modified":"2014-04-07T23:17:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T03:17:06","slug":"wisconsin-pro-life-license-plate-bill-not-voted-on-by-senate-lawsuit-considered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wisconsin-pro-life-license-plate-bill-not-voted-on-by-senate-lawsuit-considered\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin pro-life license plate bill not voted on by Senate, lawsuit considered"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-43123\" alt=\"Wisconsin Choose LIfe plate\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Wisconsin-Choose-LIfe-plate-300x150.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Wisconsin\u2019s last legislative session, AB 206 was considered, a bill that would create specialized pro-life license plates, giving some of the proceeds to pregnancy centers throughout the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Assembly <a href=\"\/news\/choose-life-license-plate-bill-passed-wisconsin-assembly\/\">passed the bill<\/a> last November, where it was then sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs.\u00a0 The Senate Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2013\/proposals\/ab206\">approved<\/a> it this March.\u00a0 Next should have come a vote by the Wisconsin Senate.\u00a0 But that vote never came, effectively stopping the bill.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Chose Life Wisconsin, Inc., believes that failure to allow a Senate vote is a violation of First Amendment rights.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.prolifewisconsin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Senate100H.pdf\">According to a letter<\/a> written by Attorney Michael Dean to Senator Scott Firzgerald and other members of the Wisconsin State Senate:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In considering whether to now pass AB 206, the Senate should be aware that the Wisconsin legislature previously included the subject of women\u2019s health in the state\u2019s specialty license plate statute program when it approved the Wisconsin Women\u2019s Health Foundation plate in 2005. As explained below, because the legislature opened up the license plate private speech forum to the subject of women\u2019s health, it is unconstitutional to exclude pro-life, pro-choice, or any other viewpoints on that subject from the forum based on the content of the viewpoint.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pro-Life Wisconsin <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.prolifewisconsin.org\/2014\/04\/03\/choose-life-wisconsin-license-plate-killed-by-senate-republicans-choose-life-wisconsin-inc-prepares-lawsuit\/\">reports<\/a> that Chose Life Wisconsin, Inc. is considering a lawsuit to enforce Seventh Circuit precedent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Wisconsin\u2019s last legislative session, AB 206 was considered, a bill that would create specialized pro-life license plates, giving some of the proceeds to pregnancy centers throughout the state. 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