A pregnant Texan protested a fine for using the car-sharing lane because her baby was the passenger
The overturning of Roe vs Wade by the Supreme Court has effectively given foetuses the rights of fully developed post-birth people, and one Texan woman – Brandy Bottone – tried to use that to her advantage.
A DFW woman was pulled over and ticketed for driving alone in the HOV lane. She's 34 weeks pregnant and tells the cop her unborn child counts as a passenger since Roe V. Wade was overturned. The state can't have it both ways, she argues. https://t.co/eFTvElIMhG
— Dom DiFurio (@DomDiFurio) July 9, 2022
The High Occupancy Vehicle lanes are an incentive for care sharing, to reduce congestion and pollution, so Brandy, who was using the HOV lane to get to her son’s school in time to pick him up, was given a $215 fine for the infringement.
She challenged the fine with the argument that legislators have already deemed her unborn child a person, and therefore a passenger.
Tweeters loved it.
This…is…genius… https://t.co/5s7s4Fck1S
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) July 9, 2022
i love this woman 😍 https://t.co/caIHvCtCz1
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) July 9, 2022
Smart. https://t.co/ZUYzp2mKCa
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) July 9, 2022
Boss lady move. https://t.co/KAh4zhSZge
— Alisha Grauso (@AlishaGrauso) July 9, 2022
We should all give this woman the best baby shower ever. https://t.co/6GtlEc3WmM
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) July 9, 2022
Screenwriter Jon Spaihts had this to say.
This is how it's done. https://t.co/h1XIcx50ii
— Jon Spaihts (@jonspaihts) July 9, 2022
Sadly not. They enforced the fine.
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