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This may seem like an odd conclusion, or maybe a conspiracy theory, but I think that the pro-life crowd probably brought up the court case in the first place. That way, they could get a huge amount of free media, and put pressure on politicians to give them support. There's a lot of public sympathy involved in a court case, where a group is being harrassed by the overzealous court system. This was actually good for the pro-life group's Public Relations efforts. The only problem is, they've managed to botch it now.
It's all a game of controlling perceptions.
The pro-choice crowd want you to think of abortion as a medical procedure, and nothing more.
The pro-life crowd wants you to think of abortion as premeditated murder.
Both crowds use words that convey their own agenda. Both crowds try underhanded tricks to get laws written, or government sponsorship of their agenda.
I was born and raised in SC, and only got out by joining the military. I don't think any of this was accidental, I think it was all planned. They're mocking the court order to get people to their side. They proposed "Choose Death" in the hopes that it would deliver a message, arguing against abortion. What sane person would actually want something like that on their car? What sane politician would get up on a podium and say "I think that we should kill people." No, they're not, because everyone has to be politically correct. This court case just pushed something that wasn't a big deal in the first place, into the national spotlight. I don't know many pro-choice people that really had a problem with the license plates. They just responded by using bumper stickers, if they were so inclined. In fact, I think I'm going to see if I can get a bumper sticker with the SC tree and moon (from the state flag) with the words "Choose Death".
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