North Carolina has become the latest state to consider adding these license plates — and local bishops have endorsed the idea:

Anti-abortion groups want to push North Carolina legislators to allow their message onto a special license plate.

About 100 activists gathered Tuesday at the General Assembly to urge lawmakers to approve a license plate bearing the slogan “Choose Life.” About half the states in the country have them.

Profits from the sale of the plates would be used to help women who choose to give birth.

Democrats who lead the Legislature have left the measure in a committee since it was introduced early last year. Roman Catholic Bishop Peter Jurgis of Charlotte says that’s an injustice.

Planned Parenthood opposes the plate because it would distribute proceeds to groups barred from giving women information about abortion as an option.