Posted on Jul 13, 2022
Opinion: Stop cheering for a fetus's right to ride in an HOV lane
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But making a fetus a person under the law would call much more into question as well. For example: When does child support begin? America has birthright citizenship, but if birth is no longer the starting point of legal personhood, is any person conceived on US soil an American citizen (and how would one even prove the location of one's conception)? Can a woman who had sex on a fertile day drive in the HOV lane 48 hours later if she's pretty sure she's pregnant, given that there's no way to test to see if your egg was just fertilized? What kind of proof would a traffic cop need?
More seriously, given that as many as half of fertilized eggs don't implant and are flushed out of a woman's body before she even knows she's pregnant, and that as many as one in five known pregnancies ends in miscarriage, what kind of legal investigations and criminal liabilities might women face when their fertilized eggs don't become pregnancies, or their fetuses die?
More seriously, given that as many as half of fertilized eggs don't implant and are flushed out of a woman's body before she even knows she's pregnant, and that as many as one in five known pregnancies ends in miscarriage, what kind of legal investigations and criminal liabilities might women face when their fertilized eggs don't become pregnancies, or their fetuses die?
Opinion: Stop cheering for a fetus's right to ride in an HOV lane
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I suspect people are cheering pointing out the absurdity and not looking to make the absurdity normal.
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So personally, I think the HOV occupant should be based on eligible drivers in the car, as the spirit of the rule is to encourage ride sharing. Kids (born or not) don't exactly have a choice when it comes to going somewhere that requires a vehicle. However, the rules do not state occupant eligibility. Still, it does seem like this mother is either trying to start a political argument or feels entitled. This is how things get out of hand and over analyzed/corrected. We all know what the point of the HOV lane is for, and yet some people use the kids, babies, unborn, to get away with it because the rule is ambiguous? Does each state now need to revise the rules to clearly state what constitutes an eligible occupant? Do we now need our Police searching for kids under 15 to pull people over?
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Post is not properly found in group Supremem Court . It purports be a local story not a national ne. Traffic laws are local
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SPC John Donohue
SSG (Join to see) - It has been almost 36 years years since I was lost in the sauce. I note that many find more in an outcome than can be present. It is traffic law and since original that hasn't changed . The attempt by the cited driver to evade given law which does specify licensed drivers in its definitions . The cited offender and their case is therefore not applicable
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