Choose life
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"Choose life" is a phrase which has been used in a variety of ways, including:
- In a Bible verse, Deuteronomy 30:19: "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live."
- On T-shirts designed by Katharine Hamnett and popularized by the pop group Wham! in the 1980s. Used in the context of suicide.
- A poem by John Hodge which begins the film Trainspotting.
- Choose Life is a 1983 album by Sandie Shaw
- Choose Life (film), a 1999 film starring Peter Dobson
- A pro-life slogan used to persuade women with unwanted pregnancies to choose birth over abortion. It is used on specialty license plates in some U.S. states [1] and in the name of the Florida-based pro-life organization Choose Life, Inc..
References
- ^ Guttmacher Institute. (December 1, 2006). 'Choose Life' License Plates. State Policies in Brief. Retrieved January 4, 2007