Pregnant woman HOV lanes

2022 - 7 - 10

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Should a fetus count as a car passenger? Pregnant Texas woman ... (USA TODAY)

A pregnant woman in Texas is arguing that her unborn child should count as a vehicle passenger after being cited for driving alone in an HOV lane.

"A child residing in a mother’s womb is not taking up an extra seat. She is a person.’" Wade means her unborn child counts as a passenger.

Pregnant U.S. woman given ticket says fetus counts as 2nd ... (Globalnews.ca)

When a pregnant Texas woman was pulled over by police for driving alone in the carpool lane, she told the officer her unborn baby should count as a second ...

In a 5-4 decision, the top court upheld a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions after the 15th week, while also abolishing the legal precedent Roe v. The U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade established in 1973 and the 1992 decision that reaffirmed it, Planned Parenthood v. Wade landmark decision, which has guaranteed the right to an abortion for more than 50 years in the U.S. Wade, her fetus was now recognized in the U.S. as a living person. Bottone’s court date is July 20, around the same time as her baby’s expected due date.

Pregnant Texas woman says unborn baby should count as car ... (CNBC)

The HOV lane requires drivers to have at least one passenger in their cars when they use the lane. When a sheriff's deputy told Bottone about the rule, she said ...

Deputies told Bottone that if she fought the ticket, it would likely be dismissed. Bottone, who was 34 weeks pregnant at the time, told the officers that with the overturning of Roe v. "I pointed to my stomach and said, 'My baby girl is right here.

Pregnant woman fights HOV lane ticket in light of Roe ruling (WAGM)

Texas' penal code recognizes an unborn child as a person, but the state's transportation code does not.

“I was kind of in shock. She was 34 weeks pregnant at the time, according to The Washington Post. DALLAS (Gray News) - A pregnant woman in Texas plans to fight a ticket for driving in a high-occupancy vehicle lane.

A pregnant woman got a ticket for driving in the HOV lane in Texas ... (CNN)

The officer noted that there did not seem to be anyone else in the car, but Brandy Bottone had a retort -- she was 34 weeks pregnant.

"It just didn't make sense to me why two different laws were not speaking the correct way." The other officer said similar things and told her, "Honestly if you go and fight this I'm sure it'll get dropped." "If we're talking about a fetus being a person, there's a lot of other rights that attach to being a person that will be litigated in the courts, such as, does my fetus qualify for a tax deduction?

Can pregnant drivers use HOV lane? Texas woman fights ticket after ... (Raleigh News & Observer)

Brandy Bottone of Plano, Texas, got a traffic ticket for driving alone in an HOV lane. Being pregnant, she argued against the ticket, sparking debate.

Bottone has a court date at the end of July to fight her ticket. Texas had an impending “ trigger law” that would further restrict abortion access in the state. Can pregnant drivers use the high occupancy vehicle lane?