Pregnant Texas woman argues fetus a ‘living child’ after HOV-lane ticket

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A pregnant Texas woman who was given a traffic ticket for driving solo in an HOV lane is arguing her fetus should be considered a separate person given the state’s abortion views.

she was given the ticket on June 29 after being pulled over by police while driving on a highway near the city.

“I was driving to pick up my son. I knew I couldn’t be a minute late, so I took the HOV lane,” she told the newspaper. “As I exited the HOV, there was a checkpoint at the end of the exit. I slammed on my brakes, and I was pulled over by police.”“I pointed to my stomach and said, ‘My baby girl is right here. She is a person,’” Bottone, of Plano, told the newspaper. Bottone then mentioned the recentBottone told a cop that her unborn daughter is her second passenger.

“He was like, ‘I don’t want to deal with this.’ He said, ‘Ma’am, it means two persons outside of the body,’” she added. “This has my blood boiling. How could this be fair? According to the new law, this is a life,” Bottone said, adding that she intends to fight the ticket. The expecting mother said the overturning of Roe v. Wade should mean that her fetus counts as a separate person in Texas.

 

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She's s slow adult and can park in the handicap spots too.

New sleep paralysis demon just dropped!

Will need to change from '2 or more persons' to '2 or more seats occupied'

I support this

She has a valid point.

Less than brilliant defense.

Better than the lady who tried to use her incorporation papers as a passenger, since a corp is supposedly a person

Sounds fair to me!

Love the conservatives trying to argue it both ways. Either it is a human being or it isn't. Make up your minds.

Hero

My car identifies as a motorcycle, so let me in the HOV lane too! It's all one big circle jerk on legal takes for political gain.

When you read how Texas law is worded…that’s a loophole she’s exploiting!

Mama knows how to work it,,,👍🤣🤣🤣bet that'll make democrats heads explode,,😂😂😂

She looks like Caitlyn Jenner.

JulieMilligan7 After 2 pregnancies-I can speak from experience-you don’t mess with pregnant women lol 😂 just let her go in the HOV lane! If you think ex-girlfriend’s can be crazy-wait until you see pregnancy hormone crazy lol it’s some next level stuff!!!

She is absolutely right! They're 2 humans in the car.

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