The Pro-Life License Plate Battle Hits Television

June 11, 2009 - 12:47 PDT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA ADVISORY

WATERTOWN, MA (JUNE 11, 2009) - On Tuesday, June 16th, in a television interview, Merry Nordeen, a pro-life activist, will discuss her battle to bring pro-life license plates to her home state of Massachusetts. She will discuss this issue on the CatholicTV talk show "This Is The Day". This talk show will air live online at CatholicTV.com and also on CatholicTV where available.

CatholicTV is a nationally-broadcasted television station headquartered near Boston.

Ever since Merry Nordeen read about the "Choose Life" license plate, she wanted one of her own and has worked tirelessly ever since to introduce "Choose Life" license plates to Massachusetts. She and her fellow supporters need about 1500 people to register for "Choose Life" license plates, which cost $40 a piece. To an outside observer, this task appears easy given that the Mrs. Nordeen is appealing largely to Catholics. Massachusetts population consists of 47% Catholics which translates to about 3 million people. Other states with a fraction of that number of Catholics such as Arkansas, and Alabama already offer "Choose Life" license plates. These were made available largely due to the efforts of pro-life activists and pro-active Catholic motorists.

"Over 400,000 "Choose Life" license plates have been sold, and have raised over $10 million dollars to help women." said the Texas Catholic Conference at txcatholic.org.

Few Catholics realize that many pro-life activists had to spend months and even years appealing to legislators to allow for "Choose Life" license plates.

In Massachusetts, only 614 people have registered for the plates and about 900 more are needed by June 30, 2009. (source: www.machoose-life.org). Merry will talk about her cause and her struggles during her interview on "This Is The Day". Interested parties can learn more by visiting www.machoose-life.org. "Choose Life" activists believe that the license plates, like most prominently displayed messages, have the power to influence.

One pro-life activist, Gaby Federico of El Paso, Texas, said "I have a middle school-aged friend whose mother decided against having an abortion after answering an advertisement in the phonebook. My friend is alive largely because of that phonebook ad."

Also featured on Tuesday's episode of "This Is The Day" will be Dr. Wes Ely, a pro-life activist from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Ely is the faculty adviser to 2 pro-life organizations. One is Catholic: the Society of Saints Cosmas and Damian and the other is a non-denominational group founded by a Catholic. Dr. Ely's research has focused on improving the care and outcomes of critically ill patients with severe sepsis and respiratory failure, with special emphasis on the problems facing older patients in the ICU.

These guests can be seen on Tuesday, June 16th live at 10:30AM (EST) on CatholicTV where available (rebroadcast at 8PM). The show will also be streamed live at www.CatholicTV.com and will be available on the site's archives starting Tuesday night. All videos at the website are viewable in full-screen. Paste this URL into your browser in order to access the "This is the Day" video archives. http://www.catholictv.org/shows/default.aspx?seriesID=72

About CatholicTV:
CatholicTV provides family-friendly, religious, news, and educational programming 24 hours daily. Founded over 50 years ago, CatholicTV is available in selected areas on cable in the United States and Canada, via Sky Angel and online via a live stream anytime, everywhere at the station's web site www.CatholicTV.com. Father Robert Reed, a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston, is the Director of CatholicTV. Click here to paste this into your browser to find out how to watch CatholicTV where you live: http://www.catholictv.org/schedule/where-to-watch.aspx

"This is the Day" can also be seen on demand at www.CatholicTV.com or downloaded via iTunes.com.and SQPN.com The hosts, Father Robert Reed, and Jay Fadden discuss various topics of the week and respond to viewer mail (you may email the show at thisistheday@catholictv.org.)

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abortion, pro-life, choose life

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