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A North Texas woman got pulled over by a police officer because she was the sole occupant in a vehicle that was traveling down a high-occupancy vehicle lane — which requires two or more passengers to qualify.<\/p>\n

Except that the woman is pregnant, so she has contested the citation issued in Dallas County, contending that her unborn child is a person, which makes the HOV restriction moot.<\/p>\n

Hmm. How do I say this? This incident goes beyond absurd.<\/em> It is ridiculous in the extreme, but it surely opens the door to endless debate over the whole “personhood” issue brewing now that Texas has made abortion illegal.<\/p>\n

The driver in question, Brandy Bottone, said she isn’t trying to make this a “political” issue. Yeah, sure thing. It’s like the pro athlete who holds out for more money who then says, “It’s not about the money.” Of course it is … about the money. Bottone’s bitching about the traffic ticket is most certainly a political issue.<\/p>\n

The Texas Tribune reports: Bottone argued that under Texas\u2019 abortion laws, which went into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion, a fetus is considered a living being. She argued the same should be true when it comes to the state\u2019s traffic laws. \u201cI\u2019m not trying to make a political stance here,\u201d Bottone said, \u201cbut in light of everything that is happening, this is a baby.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Fetal personhood law is complex and Texas is only beginning to untangle it | The Texas Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n

I have a fear that other would-be political activists are going to test this law and well could clog up municipal courts with ridiculous arguments that suggest that even though a woman is, say, six or seven weeks pregnant that she is therefore allowed to flout a reasonable law aimed at helping motorists who have actual passengers sitting next to them navigate their way through traffic congestion.<\/p>\n

This whole matter appears to be taking an absurd turn.<\/p>\n

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