Texas Controversy: A pregnant woman in Dallas Texas, claims her unborn child is a person in the eyes of law and has refused to pay a $215 fine, for driving in the carpool lane. The woman, Brandy Bottone fights transport laws, in the wake of the reversal of Roe vs Wade and the turn of political events in the US.
A pregnant woman in Dallas Texas, US, Brandy Bottone, was found driving in the HOV (carpool lane) which is meant for two or more people in the car. The woman who was driving solo was stopped by a police officer and charged a hefty fine of $215. Brandy Bottone, reportedly is 32-year-old and is 34 weeks pregnant.
She argued that the US laws now consider the unborn child as a person. Talking to a local news publication Brandy Bottone, revealed what went down. She said that after she refused to pay the fine, the police officer asked her if there was somebody else in the car, to which she pointed at her pregnant belly and replied "Right here."
Reversal Of Roe Vs Wade: Pregnant Woman Argues Her Unborn Child Is A Person In The Eyes Of Law.
Brandy Bottone, added that when the police officer didn't budge, stating that being pregnant doesn't count in this scenario. That the carpool lane must only be used if there are two people outside the body, Brandy argued saying, "Well, in light of everything that's happened, and I'm not trying to make a huge political stance here, but do you understand that this is a baby?".
Brandy Bottone has now vowed to take this to court to prove her point. She didn't dispute that she was driving in a lane meant for vehicles carrying two or more people. She simply believes that in the wake of everything, the law itself states an unborn child is a baby, thus she is not required to pay the fine for breaking the laws in the first place.
The United States Supreme Court reversed decades-standing federal law. The reversal of Roe v/s Wade took away the rights that guaranteed women access to abortion, on the grounds of the unborn child being considered a person. Reportedly the Texas criminal code also recognizes a fetus as a "person," but this doesn't seem to apply when it comes to laws regulating transportation. Texas law had banned all abortions even before the reversal of Roe Vs Wade. Now the US woman in the spotlight Brandy Bottone argued, "It just didn't make sense to me why two different laws were not speaking the correct way." Texas, like any other conservative state, had also pushed for the reversal of abortion rights.
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