Pregnant Texas woman pulled over for driving in HOV lane, says unborn child is 2nd passenger ...

[aggiesal]

https://www.today.com/parents/moms/pregnant-texas-woman-unborn-child-second-passenger-rcna37461

What could possibly go wrong?

[secondwind]

1. She's due in 10 days....... why shouldn't she go through the easy lane?

[PSPS]

7. No kidding. I'll bet the judge or the DA dismisses it.

Anyone who has been around a mom-to-be who's ten days away would cut this woman just about any break.

[Orrex]

2. Every pregnant inmate must be released immediately

Otherwise it's wrongful imprisonment of a fetus.

Let's have a little consistency, you ignorant Republikkkan fuckheads!

[Blue Owl]

3. Take this case straight to the Supreme Fucking Court

Let's see what bullshit the Handmaid, Beer-Lover, Long Dong Silver, and the gang say now...

[Mr.Bill]

4. Another DUer had a great response to this earlier today:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16909315

[MiniMe]

8. I actually love that comment

Then she could be fined for not having a car seat for the baby.

[whathehell]

5. Actually, it's' not uncommon for

a killer of a pregnant woman to be charged with two murders, one for the mother, and the other for the unborn child.

[cloudbase]

6. That's true, and is part of the Texas criminal code.

She's being cited under the motor vehicle code. Still, it will be interesting to see how this all shakes out.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Heard this on the radio this overnight

and MORE pregnant women should do this to make the point of how ridiculous cherry-picking what is considered a "living person".

And per other threads - that should apply for now having a dependent for tax purposes, among other things.